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Ladislav Čerych in High School

Ladislav Čerych

* 1925 †︎ 2012

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Radio Free Europe

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Lubor Dohnal

Meir Lubor Dohnal

* 1938

Charter 77 signatory, A cultural celebrity, Holocaust, Boy Scouts, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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Jan Drábek

* 1935

Lawyer in the 50`s, Diplomat, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, People helping Jews during WWII and 8 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich and 2 more anniversaries

As a young man

Jiří Fisher

* 1947

Anti-communist rebel, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, The Journalist, Radio Free Europe and 1 more categories

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

Jefim Fištejn

Mgr. Jefim Fištejn

* 1946

Dissident, Emigrant, The Journalist, Radio Free Europe, Charter 77 signatory

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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Karel Fořt

* 1921 †︎ 2014

Representative of the Church, Emigrant, Boy Scouts, Forced labour during the WW2, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee and 3 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 11. 12. 1949 – The “Čihošť Miracle”

Gertruda Gruberová-Goepfertová

Gertruda Gruberová-Goepfertová

* 1924 †︎ 2014

Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Radio Free Europe

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia

Marie Horáková

Marie Horáková

* 1932

The relative of a political prisoner, Radio Free Europe, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of 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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Karel Hrubý 2

PhDr. Karel Hrubý

* 1923 †︎ 2021

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Politician, The relative of a political prisoner and 10 more categories

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 8 more anniversaries

Zdeněk Hrubý during a hop-picking voluntary work in 1967

Zdeněk Hrubý

* 1951

Politician, Anti-communist rebel, Radio Free Europe, Charter 77 signatory, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia and 2 more categories

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

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