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Jan Leníček in Rájec, 1985

Ing. Jan Leníček

* 1945

Environmentalist, Scientist, Life along the Iron Curtain

31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster and 2 more anniversaries

Adolf Linka - contemporary photo

Adolf Linka

* 1919 †︎ 2014

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Wehrmacht soldier and 1 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Martin Lis in graduation photo, 1953

MVDr. Martin Lis CSc., Ph.D.

* 1935

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou and 1 more anniversaries

Lidka Lisá in 2022

Professor, MUDr. Lidka Lisá , DrSc.

* 1933

Scientist, University professor, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Relative of a political prisoner

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral

A period portrait of Josef Loub from the period when he served at the Auxiliary Technical Batalions, the first half of the 1950s

Prof. RnDr., DrSc Josef Loub

* 1929 †︎ 2025

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks

Jiří Ludvík as a school-leaver (1943)

RNDr., CSc. Jiří Ludvík

* 1924 †︎ 2016

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Boy Scouts, Scientist, Zpravodajská brigáda 1939 - 1945

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák

Richard Lukáš, undated.

MUDr. Richard Lukáš

* 1953

Lawyer in the 50`s, Déclassé, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Scientist and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Otakar Mach, 1960

RNDr. Otakar Mach

* 1934

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Scientist, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 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

Mansoor Maitah in 2020

Mansoor Maitah

* 1962

National minorities, Politician, Scientist, University professor

A period portrait photo of Vlastislav Maláč, Prague around 1945

Ing., CSc Vlastislav Maláč

* 1921 †︎ 2023

Representative of the Church, Non-Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Boy Scouts, Sokol and 2 more categories

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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