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Contemporary witnesses from the Netherlands

Wilken Engelbrecht, 2025

Professor Wilken Engelbrecht

* 1962

The Netherlands, University professor

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jan Kraaijeveld, Prague, 2025

Jan Kraaijeveld

* 1954

Clergymen, Supporter of Czechoslovak dissent from a western country, The Netherlands

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Irena Králová

Irena Králová

* 1968

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, The Sportsmen, The Netherlands

Ivan Landsmann (1985)

Ivan Landsmann

* 1949 †︎ 2017

Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Writer, The Netherlands

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Peter Morée, 1987

Dr. Peter Morée

* 1964

The Netherlands, Supporter of Czechoslovak dissent from a western country, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Human Rights Defender

Professor Hans Renner

* 1946

The Netherlands, Historian, Déclassé, University professor

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Zdeněk Zavřel, Ahoy Hall, Rotterdam, 1968

Professor Zdeněk Zavřel

* 1943

The Netherlands, Emigrant, University professor

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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