Stories of the 20th Century TV

Post Bellum / Hlavní město Praha / Česká televize

The recordings were taken on two movie cameras in a mobile TV studio, using the Eye Direct technology.

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Zdeňka Svobodová in 1941

Zdeňka Svobodová

* 1926

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, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR and 2 more anniversaries

Kryscina Šyjanok, 2022

Kryscina Šyjanok

* 1986

Belarus

Stanislav Synek during recording in Prague

Ing. Stanislav Synek

* 1937

Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1966-1969 Cultural Revolution

Vojen Syrovátka, polovina 50. let

Vojen Syrovátka

* 1940

Representative of the Church, Dissident, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r

Jakub Szántó at the Václav Havel Library, 2020

Jakub Szántó

* 1977

Journalist

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Gabriel Szász

JUDr. Gabriel Szász

* 1929 †︎ 2019

Holocaust, People helping Jews during WWII, Hidden people

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising

Pavel Taussig 1943

Pavel Taussig

* 1933

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, National minorities, Writer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 7 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, Death marches 1944-1945, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps and 3 more anniversaries

Vladimir Tepavčević, 1980s

Vladimír Tepavčević

* 1972

Foreigner living in Czechoslovakia before the year 1989

1992 - 1995 Bosnian War

Portrét, osmnáctiletý

Jaroslav Teplý

* 1923 †︎ 2020

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Ivan Theimer, 2016

Ivan Theimer

* 1944

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Art and censorship, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school

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

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