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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Historic portrait photo

Silvestra Chnápková

* 1954

Dissident, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Charter 77 signatory, Art and censorship, The underground and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Barbara Chobocky in 2023

Barbara Anna Chobocky Kmenta

* 1950

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Sokol, A cultural celebrity

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

Jan Choděra, Prague, 1973

JUDr. Jan Choděra

* 1952

Lawyer, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Jan Choděra (1965)

Mgr. Jan Choděra

* 1947

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jiří Choun, 21st birthday, 1974

Jiří Choun

* 1953

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

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

Doctoral graduation, 1985

Jiřina Chrastilová

* 1949

Dissident, Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 1 more anniversaries

Chromcak_v roce 1949_20140403_0013.jpg (historic)

Stanislav Chromčák

* 1932

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

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

Stanislav Chromec during the filming, 2023

Major General (ret.) Ing., CSc Stanislav Chromec

* 1931

Důvěrník Vojenské kontrarozvědky, Spolupracovník Vojenské kontrarozvědky, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Scientist

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vintage photograph of Josef Chroust

Josef Chroust

* 1935

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat

Václav Cigler in 2018

Václav Cigler

* 1929

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, People helping Jews during WWII, University professor, Artists

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising

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