Palach Week | Memory of Nations

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.

Home in Rumburk on a leave from the barracks, 1965

Jaroslav Hocký

* 1946

Forced labour during the WW2, Sudeten Germans, Life along the Iron Curtain

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 7 more anniversaries

Petr Hrabalik

* 1962

Dissident, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, Art and censorship

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners and 5 more anniversaries

Zuzana Hudečková as a pioneer (early 1970s)

Zuzana Hudečková

* 1962

Lawyer, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

The witness on his mother's birthday, 21 August 1968

Rudolf Hůlka

* 1953

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, Palach Week and 1 more anniversaries

Dana Huňátová in Cairo in 2000

Dana Huňátová

* 1952

Diplomat, Dissident, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, Palach Week, 3.10.1990 - Reunification of Germany, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Mirko Juna in a hero costume at the beginning of the nineties

Mgr. Mirko Juna

* 1945

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Boy Scouts, Sokol, Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, Palach Week and 2 more anniversaries

Petr Jurníček, 2018

Petr Jurníček

* 1971

The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, Palach Week

David Kabzan in 1979

David Kabzan

* 1969

Dissident, The underground, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia

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

Jáchym Kaplan at age 15

Jáchym Kaplan

* 1969

Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, Palach Week, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Petr Klimeš in 2020

Petr Klimeš

* 1967

Member of an Illegal Church, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Politician, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět, 1990 - 1991 - Odsun sovětských vojsk z Československa and 1 more anniversaries

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