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Ján Filc during the recording of the interview

Ján Filc

* 1953

The Sportsmen, University professor

20. 7. 1936 - 1. 9. 1939 - civil war in Spain, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, Perestroika, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Libor Foltman (standing in the centre of the middle row) at a summer racing event on plastic in Liberec. 1970 World Champion from the High Tatras Ladislav Rygl is bottom right, 1969

Libor Foltman

* 1948

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

Zdeňka Formánková in a period photo

Zdeňka Formánková

* 1936

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

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, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral and 1 more anniversaries

Zdeněk Frištenský around 1948

Zdeněk Frištenský

* 1926

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relatives of important personalities, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Ing. Ľubomír Ftáčnik

* 1957

The Sportsmen, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Ján Geleta in the Prague Dukla club dress

Ján Geleta

* 1943

The Sportsmen

Kurt Gernert in the 1950s

Kurt Gernert

* 1930 †︎ 2024

Sudeten Germans, The Sportsmen, National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 2022 - full scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine

Portrait

Andrej Gjurić

* 1938 †︎ 2015

Boy Scouts, Relative of a political prisoner, Relatives of important personalities, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, The Sportsmen and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

José Elías González Agüero

José Elías González Agüero

* 1954

Cuba, Cuban Dissident, The Sportsmen

Stanislav Groh at a race on 15 February 1976. This was his first racing event after returning from hospital where he was treated for pneumonia

Stanislav Groh

* 1946

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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