Josef Urban, 1959

Witness with his wife Hanelore and mother Juliana, 1960s

Witness with his wife Hanelore and sister-in-law Eva Zahourová, 1962

The sons of Josef Urban. From left Josef, born in 1968, and Petr, born in 1964, photo from 1972

Josef Urban (bottom centre) at a meeting with friends from the Rowing Club in 1980

Paternal grandfather Celestýn (second from right), owner of a weaving mill in Hronov

Jaroslav Jirman, father of the witness, celebrates his 50th birthday

Jaroslav Jirman's mother during her work in the kindergarten, 1970s

Family holidays

Jaroslav Jirman with friends from the Trutnov gymnasium at the Blue Mine

In the graduation photo

Family photo. In the middle, seated grandfather František Kocián, baker and mayor of the village of Machov; below him, seated little girl - Františka Kociánová, grandmother of the witness, 1910

Jaroslav Jirman created his first radio receiver

A tank of the occupying Warsaw Pact troops being pulled from a pedestal under the viaduct in Trutnov in August 1968. A series of photographs by Jaroslav Jirman of the stormy resistance of the citizens of Trutnov during the August 1968 occupation

A burning barricade made of tyres in Trutnov towards Náchod during the arrival of Warsaw Pact troops in August 1968

A protest sign on the shutter of a shop window in the centre of Trutnov. A series of photographs by Jaroslav Jirman of the stormy resistance of citizens during the August 1968 occupation

The Hotel Moskva in Trutnov was rebranded the Hotel Svoboda by protesting citizens. Jaroslav Jirman's series of photographs of the stormy resistance of citizens during the August 1968 occupation

The original base of the Liberators Monument, deliberately destroyed by the inhabitants of Trutnov after the invasion of Warsaw Pact troops, August 1968

Tank with the barrel already cut off, pushed under the viaduct, August 1968

Burning tyre barricade on the approach from Náchod, August 1968

A burning barricade made of tyres set up by the citizens of Trutnov in protest against the invasion of Warsaw Pact troops, August 1968

"Popular Creativity" as an Expression of Resistance against the Occupying Army, August 1968

Street covered with Soviet flags, August 1968

A tank of liberators, now occupiers with a broken barrel. The inhabitants of Trutnov subsequently removed it from its pedestal and dragged it out of town, August 1968

Barricade from a tank under the viaduct behind Trutnov towards the mountains, August 1968