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Political prisoner

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

Vladimír Kaláb, 1977

Vladimír Kaláb

* 1950

Political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

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

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

Hisham Kassem, Prague, 2024

Hisham Kassem هشام قاسم

* 1959

Egypt, Political prisoner, Human Rights Defender, Journalist

From the graduation photo board, 1971

Ing. Tomáš Kohout

* 1952

Political prisoner, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

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

Alsu Kurmasheva, Praha 2025

Alsu Kurmasheva

* 1976

Political prisoner, United States of America, Russia, Journalist, Radio Free Europe

Juraj Lajda in Bratislava prison

PhDr. Juraj Lajda

* 1950

Political prisoner, Member of an Illegal Church

18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Librado Ricardo Linares García

Librado Ricardo Linares García

* 1960

Cuba, Dissident, Cuban Dissident, Cuban Political Prisoner, Political prisoner

Black Spring of Cuba 2003, Cuba after 1959

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