Stories of the 20th century

Post Bellum SK

Documentation project of Post Bellum SK that was funded by the Europe for Citizens Programme.

Tomáš Lánczos as a student of geochemistry at Comenius University

Mgr. Tomáš Lánczos Ph.D.

* 1966

Environmentalist, Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, National minorities, University professor

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Witness Eva Landlová during eye direct recording her life story

Eva Landlová

* 1931

Relative of a political prisoner, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 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

Witness - Tomáš Lang

Tomáš Lang

* 1942

Hungary, Holocaust, Relative of a political prisoner

25 December 1944 - 13 February 1945 Siege of Budapest, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Agnesa Langová

* 1946

Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Milan Lasica in theatre (foto Ctibor Bachratý)

Milan Lasica

* 1940 †︎ 2021

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Artists, A cultural celebrity

26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Anton Laššák as a soldier

Anton Laššák

* 1919

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Slovak army soldier during 1939 - 1945

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 5. 7. 1943 - 5. 8. 1943 - Battle of Kursk

Interpretation of the flag, 80s

Otis Laubert

* 1946

Artists, A cultural celebrity

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

lazorisak port dob.jpg (historic)

Štefan Lazorišák

* 1959

The underground, Artists

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Peter Lenek

Peter Lenek

* 1961

The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

witness Emil Letko just after the end of II. World War II, photographed before the memorial to the victims of World War I in Selce

Emil Letko

* 1933

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising

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