Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia | Memory of Nations

Ján Čarnogurský

* 1944

Dissident, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Anti-communist rebel, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

25.3.1988 Candle demonstration in Bratislava, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ferdinand Čermák in the military in the 1960s

Ferdinand Čermák

* 1941

Dissident, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Anti-communist rebel, The underground

Miroslav Černota, Ostrov, 1998, photo from the shooting of the film "The Past"

Miroslav Černota

* 1958

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

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Černý Albert Antonín

Albert Antonín Černý

* 1937

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Dissident, Charter 77 signatory

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 5. 4. 1968 – Formation of KAN (Club of Active Non-partisans)

Zbyněk Čeřovský

Zbyněk Čeřovský

* 1931 †︎ 2024

Agent of the western secret services (cold war), A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Radio Free Europe and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Marta Červená

Marta Červená

* 1954

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Friars, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Member of an Illegal Church and 1 more categories

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Jiří Chmel - 1970s

Jiří Chmel

* 1954

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Relatives of important personalities, Charter 77 signatory, The underground and 3 more categories

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

Heřman Chromý, 2017

Heřman Chromý

* 1947

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Charter 77 signatory, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Diplomat, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 4 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Stanislav Devátý

* 1952

Dissident, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Charter 77 signatory, Hidden people, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 24. 4. 1978 – Formation of Committee for the Defence of the Unjustly Prosecuted, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime and 1 more anniversaries

As a young man

Stanislav Doubek

* 1947 †︎ 2020

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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