Palach Week

15. 1. 1989-21. 1. 1989

On Sunday, 15 January 1989, representatives of independent initiatives attempted to honour the memory of Jan Palach on Wenceslas Square. The then security forces brutally intervened against them and all those present. Further demonstrations followed, again brutally repressed.

Jana Marková - portrait photography

Jana Marková

* 1930

Relatives of important personalities, The relative of a political prisoner, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, The underground

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 10. 6. 1942 – Destruction of Lidice, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 21 more anniversaries

Luděk Marks in the 1980s
(Photo: archive of Martin Machovec)

Luděk Marks

* 1963

The underground, Dissident, The Journalist, Charter 77 signatory, Writer and 5 more categories

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, Palach Week, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Jaromír Mergl in his youth

Jaromír Mergl

* 1962

The relative of a political prisoner, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, The underground, A cultural celebrity, Life along the Iron Curtain

30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 2022 - full scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine and 1 more anniversaries

František Mikloško

František Mikloško

* 1947

Member of an Illegal Church, Dissident, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Anti-communist rebel, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 3 more categories

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 25.3.1988 Candle demonstration in Bratislava, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks and 4 more anniversaries

Tomáš Mitáček in 1997

Tomáš Mitáček

* 1968

Environmentalist, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, Palach Week

Bedřich Musil in 2019

Bachelor Bedřich Musil

* 1967

The Journalist, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět, Palach Week

Jolyon Naegele during his first trip to Czechoslovakia (1973)

Jolyon Arthur Naegele

* 1955

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Foreigner living in Czechoslovakia before the year 1989, United States of America, The Journalist, Radio Free Europe and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, Palach Week, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall, 1992 - 1995 Bosnian War and 1 more anniversaries

Věra Náhlíková's ID photo (1980s)

Věra Náhlíková

* 1958

The Journalist, Writer, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 1 more categories

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1990 - 1991 - Odsun sovětských vojsk z Československa, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime and 4 more anniversaries

Jan Neckář, the '70s

Jan Neckář

* 1949

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, Palach Week, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Jan Jakub Outrata, approx. 1968

PhDr. Jan Jakub Outrata

* 1948

The relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship, Scientist

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, Palach Week

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