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Post Bellum / Hlavní město Praha / Česká televize

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Photo model for portrait by painter Lutobor Hlavsa, 1963

Zuzana Wienerová

* 1944

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 2022 - full scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine

Marcel Winter in 1959

Marcel Winter

* 1948 †︎ 2025

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Nicholas Winton, Jr., Prague 2022

Nicholas Winton, Jr.

* 1952

People helping Jews during WWII, Relatives of important personalities, Winton’s Children, United Kingdom

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR

Svetlana Wittmannová, c. 1983

Světlana Wittmannová

* 1961

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Sylvie Wittmannová in adolescence

Sylvie Wittmannová

* 1956

Holocaust, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The topic of security forces before 1989

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial

Marie Wollnerová, 2016

Marie Wollnerová

* 1936

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

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Henryk Wrona during the interview in May 2021

Colonel Henryk Wrona

* 1945

Poland, People's Army of Poland soldier, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, Výjimečný stav v Polsku

Pavel Žáček, 1990

PhDr., PhD. Pavel Žáček

* 1969

Historian, Journalist, Politician, Writer, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Publication Skautský oddíl Velena Fanderlíka – svědomí českého skautingu (2009)

Jiří Zachariáš

* 1943

Dissident, People connected to the ČIN magazine (scouts), Journalist, Charter 77 signatory, Boy Scouts

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Věra Salačová - Zachařová 18 old

Věra Zachařová

* 1942

Relative of a political prisoner, 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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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