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Eva Tolkovsky 2016

Eva Tolkovsky

* 1952

National minorities, Israel/Palestine, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Old Scout Josef Tomášek at the St. Nicholas meeting in 2000

Josef Tomášek

* 1936

Border Guards, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

Jana Tomášková

* 1947

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Relative of a political prisoner, Life along the Iron Curtain

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 22. 8. 1963 – Start of court restitutions, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Karel Tomek, 1974

Karel Tomek

* 1954

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, 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

Pavel Tomek as a boy

Ing. Pavel Tomek , CSc.

* 1943

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 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, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

Prokop Tomek, 1975

PhDr. Prokop Tomek Ph.D.

* 1965

Historian, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Charter 77 signatory

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Tomin Julius

PhDr. Julius Tomin

* 1938

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee and 2 more categories

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Miroslav Toms, 2018

Miroslav Toms

* 1931

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

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial and 2 more anniversaries

Alexandr Tomský, in his youth

Alexander Tomský

* 1947

A cultural celebrity, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Journalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

Věra Bradić-Topičová, 1960

Věra Topičová

* 1932 †︎ 2023

National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

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