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Vlastimil in a contemporary photo

Vlastimil Novobilský

* 1935 †︎ 2021

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Scientist

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Vladimír Novotný in childhood

Vladimír Novotný

* 1933

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 4. 1968 – Formation of KAN (Club of Active Non-partisans), 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Profesor Bohumil Nuska in 2019

Professor, PhDr. Bohumil Nuska , CSc.

* 1932 †︎ 2025

Historian, Boy Scouts, Writer, Scientist

23. 3. 1945 Bombing of České Budějovice, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Jan Jakub Outrata, approx. 1968

PhDr. Jan Jakub Outrata

* 1948

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

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, Palach Week

At the turn of the 1950s and 1960s

Prof. RnDr., DrSc Tomáš Pačes

* 1937

Boy Scouts, Scientist

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 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

Emil Paleček

Emil Paleček

* 1930 †︎ 2018

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

Martin Palouš in 2020

Doc. RNDr. Martin Palouš Ph.D.

* 1950

Diplomat, Dissident, Czech community in the US, Politician, Relative of a political prisoner and 4 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 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, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial and 11 more anniversaries

Jaroslav at the time of the 1990 elections

RNDr., CSc. Jaroslav Pančocha

* 1942

Déclassé, Scientist

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Rudolf Papík at the army, 1957

Rudolf Papík

* 1935

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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

Alena Krutová (married Parthonnaud later on), 1970s

Alena Parthonnaud

* 1947

France, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Scientist

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

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