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The Spitsbergen expedition in 1968, Gerhard Tschunko on a peak

Gerhard Tschunko

* 1935

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Illegal border crossing, Writer

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jindřich Ťukal in 1961

Jindřich Ťukal

* 1937

Boy Scouts, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Josef Tvrzník, 1947

Josef Tvrzník

* 1931

Boy Scouts, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 9. - 10. 11. 1938 Crystal Night

Otilie Týmalová in 1954

Otilie Týmalová

* 1934

Sokol, The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

František Uhlíř - flat track, early 1960s

František Uhlíř

* 1938

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Border Guards, 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, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Zbyněk Unčovský, 1940s

Zbyněk Unčovský

* 1930

National minorities, Sokol, The Sportsmen, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

The first self-made dumbbell. Beginning of weightlifting in 1957

Josef Utíkal

* 1941 †︎ 2026

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

František Valošek (jumping on the right) in the first half of the 1960s at Ostrava's Bazaly stadium in a match against Dukla Prague

František Valošek

* 1937 †︎ 2023

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

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Marie Vaňková

* 1938

The Sportsmen

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Róbert Vasiliak as a high school student

Mgr. Róbert Vasiliak

* 1949

The Sportsmen

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