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Political prisoner

Raúl C. García

Raúl C. García

* 1946

Cuba, Cuban Dissident, Underage political prisoners, Anti-communist rebel, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

"Struggle against Bandits" / Escambray Rebellion

Tariel Ghviniashvili, 2023

Tariel Ghviniashvili ტარიელ ღვინიაშვილი

* 1960

Georgia, Dissident, Political prisoner

Perestroika, Dissolution of the Soviet Union

Anderlay Guerra Blanco

Anderlay Guerra Blanco

* 1976

Cuba, Dissident, Cuban Dissident, Cuban Independent Artist, Cuban Political Prisoner and 2 more categories

Cuba after 1959, Special Period in Cuba

Gutiérrez Vargas Yoandris

Yoandris Gutiérrez Vargas

* 1980

Cuba, Dissident, Cuban Dissident, Cuban Human Rights Activist, Cuban Political Prisoner and 2 more categories

Black Spring of Cuba 2003, Cuba after 1959, Special Period in Cuba

Mario Alberto during the recording in Cuba, 2018

Mario Alberto Hernández Leyva

* 1968

Cuba, Dissident, Cuban Dissident, Cuban Political Prisoner, Hunger Striker in Cuba and 1 more categories

Cuba after 1959

Passport photo from the study report, 1955

Ing. Kamil Hloušek

* 1935

Political prisoner, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence and 2 more anniversaries

František Innemann in 2025

František Innemann

* 1947

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Charter 77 signatory, Political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Jaroslav Javorský wearing the "freedom hat", 2022

Jaroslav Javorský

* 1947

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Political prisoner, Literature in exile

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Josef Jelínek the musician, 1975

Josef Jelínek

* 1933

Political prisoner, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Václav Kášek in 1969 after his release from prison

Václav Kášek

* 1943

Political prisoner, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Forced labour during the WW2, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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