The Plastic People of the Universe

As a young man, photo taken by Ondřej Němec

Vratislav Brabenec

* 1943

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, The Plastic People of the Universe

1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Josef Janíček

* 1947

A cultural celebrity, Art and censorship, The Plastic People of the Universe, The underground

1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial

Josef Karafiát in winter in Canada in 1987

Josef Karafiát

* 1957

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Emigrant, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, The Plastic People of the Universe

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

old picture

Jan Macháček

* 1965

A cultural celebrity, Art and censorship, Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu and 3 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Josef Rössler

Josef Rössler

* 1956

A cultural celebrity, A secret police collaborator, Art and censorship, Boy Scouts, Dissident and 4 more categories

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, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Period portrait of Jan Ságl, mid-1960s

Jan Ságl

* 1942

A cultural celebrity, Art and censorship, Artists, Emigrant, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vladimír Smetana

Vladimír Smetana

* 1950

Art and censorship, Artists, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu and 2 more categories

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, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77