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.

František Klišík in 2023

František Klišík

* 1963 †︎ 2025

Human Rights Defender, Dissident, National minorities, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Memory of vanished settlements and 7 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, Palach Week, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída and 2 more anniversaries

Witness as a 20-year-old man, 1984

Otomar Klodner

* 1964

Dissident, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground, Anti-communist rebel

Palach Week, 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

Petr Kolář in 1998

PhDr. Petr Kolář

* 1962

Diplomat, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, Palach Week and 2 more anniversaries

Marie Konvalinková in 1989

Marie Konvalinková

* 1969

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Anti-communist rebel, Friars, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground and 1 more categories

5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, Palach Week

Portrait

Zdeněk Koukal

* 1954

Witness of local events from the Communist era

30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 22. 8. 1968 – Extraordinary congress (the “Vysočany Congress”) of KSČ, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Bedrich Koutny.jpg (historic)

Bedřich Koutný

* 1954

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, Palach Week

Jaroslav Kraus's high school graduation photo, 1969

Jaroslav Kraus

* 1951

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

Křenková Romana - svatba 1974.jpg (historic)

Romana Křenková

* 1955

Dissident, Relative of a political prisoner, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, The Sportsmen

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, Palach Week

Daniel Kříž on graduation photography, 1986

Daniel Kříž

* 1967

Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, Palach Week

Rebeka Křižanová-Bartůňková in 2022

Mgr. Rebeka Křižanová-Bartůňková

* 1971

Dissident, Journalist, Déclassé, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Witness of local events from the Communist era and 4 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, Palach Week, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

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