Stories of the 20th century

Post Bellum SK

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

Vladislav Janiš

Vladislav Janiš

* 1954

Witness of local events from the Communist era

31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Albín Jankulík as a soldier

Ing. Albín Jankulík

* 1935

Memory of vanished settlements, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Participant in the Slovak national uprising

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 3 more anniversaries

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Ján Janok

* 1929 †︎ 2019

Catholic clerical, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Friars

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks

Police officer

Karol Janoštiak

* 1938

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Jaroslav Janota, shortly before basic military training, 1991.

Ing. Sergeant Jaroslav Janota

* 1972

National minorities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Ľudovít Jaššík

Ľudovít Jaššík

* 1932

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Prom photo

PhDr. Kateřina Javorská

* 1949

National minorities

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

Milena Jelinek in her youth, approximately 1959

Milena Jelinek

* 1935 †︎ 2020

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground and 1 more categories

19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r

Witness Franjo Jelušić in 2022

Franjo Jelušić

* 1922

Marie with her parents and brother Ludvík

Marie Jesenáková

* 1954

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

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