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.

Miloš Müller in the 80s as a "mánička"

Ing. Miloš Müller

* 1965

Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

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

Bedřich Musil in 2019

Bachelor Bedřich Musil

* 1967

Journalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era, 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

Foreigner living in Czechoslovakia before the year 1989, United States of America, Journalist, Radio Free Europe, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Petr Náhlík probably at the age of eighteen

Ing. Petr Náhlík

* 1961

Journalist, Politician, Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity and 1 more categories

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

Věra Náhlíková's ID photo (1980s)

Věra Náhlíková

* 1958

Journalist, Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era, 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

Witness of local events from the Communist era, 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

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, 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

Martin Palouš in 2020

Doc. RNDr. Martin Palouš Ph.D.

* 1950

Diplomat, Dissident, Czech community in the US, Politician, Relative of a political prisoner and 4 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial and 11 more anniversaries

Josef Parlesák in the 1950s

Ing. Josef Parlesák

* 1936

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia and 5 more anniversaries

Period photo of Dagmar Pavlíková

Dagmar Pavlíková

* 1969

The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

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