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Historical photography of Lidmila Lamacova, end of 1990s

Lidmila Lamačová

* 1947

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Art and censorship

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Růžena Lamáková, roz. Sacherová

Růžena Lamáková, roz. Sacherová

* 1939

Relatives of important personalities

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Beatrice Landovská in the 1980s

Beatrice Landovská

* 1962

Dissident, Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Dagmar Lastovecká at the age of 18

JUDr. Dagmar Lastovecká

* 1951

Politician, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Marta Laudátová

* 1947

Relative of a political prisoner, Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Member of Orel

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, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Vlasta and Luis in May 1945

Vlasta Lavalová

* 1924 †︎ 2021

Forced labour during the WW2, Déclassé, Relatives of important personalities, Sokol, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W

july 1938 - X. sokol slet's, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

period portrait (maybe the 1980s)

Arnošt Lavante

* 1923

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relatives of important personalities

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Tatjana Lazorčáková during recording of her interview

Professor, PhDr. Tatjana Lazorčáková

* 1954

Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, University professor, A cultural celebrity

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Period photo, André Lenard in 1958

André Lenard

* 1940

Holocaust, Repatriated, Relatives of important personalities

1940 - The Battle of France, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Elena Letňanová during a concert in the American city of Dayton (1989)

Elena Letňanová

* 1942

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Relatives of important personalities, Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 3 more categories

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral and 2 more anniversaries

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