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Milan Kynos on the old football field in Hradec Králové in the 1960s

Milan Kynos

* 1939

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Mária Labayová

* 1953

The Sportsmen

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Vladek Lacina with a bronze medal from quadruple scull, Summer Olympics of 1976 in Montreal

Vladek Lacina

* 1949

Relative of a political prisoner, Victim of forced relocation, The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

Jiřina Langová and Hana Bubníková

Jiřina Langová

* 1938

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Alois Láznička, contemporary photo

Ing. Alois Láznička

* 1936 †︎ 2025

Boy Scouts, Sokol, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Jiří Lejsek in 1955

Jiří Lejsek

* 1937

Sokol, The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity and 1 more categories

19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vlastimír Lenert after a European Champions Cup match in the 1970s. Dukla Liberec played with Bulgaria's CSKA Sofia

Lieutenant (ret.) Vlastimír Lenert

* 1950 †︎ 2023

Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1979 - 1989 - Sovětská invaze do Afghánistánu, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Nataša Lichnerová-Dekanová as basketball player for ČSSR

Nataša Lichnerová, rod. Dekanová

* 1949

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Verner Lička, 1971

Verner Lička

* 1954

The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Wehrmacht soldier, Life along the Iron Curtain

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

In youth

Eduard Líhař

* 1943 †︎ 2024

Witness of local events from the Communist era, The Sportsmen

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