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Květa Dostálová / 1950s

Květa Dostálová

* 1933

People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 6 more anniversaries

Katharina Dötterl

Katharina Dötterl

* 1981

Germany, GDR - outgoing passengers

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

Anna Doubková

Anna Doubková

* 1924

Participant in antifascist resistance, National minorities, The Partisan, Czech minority in the former Yugoslavia

6. 4. - 17. 4. 1941 Dubnová válka (Německý útok na Jugoslávii)

Miloslav Douša at the Border Guard

Miloslav Douša

* 1953

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Politician

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral

A photo of that time

Věra Doušová

* 1947

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Volhynian Czechs

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Pavel Drábek in 2019

Pavel Drábek

* 1966

Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1989 - Third renewal of Junák, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jiří Drahoš in 2018

Jiří Drahoš

* 1949

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

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, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral and 4 more anniversaries

Miroslav Drozd in the 1960s

Ing. Miroslav Drozd

* 1943 †︎ 2026

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Charter 77 signatory, Writer

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

Oskar Dub 1942

Oskar Dub

* 1924 †︎ 2021

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Sudeten Germans, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden

Alice Dubská on the graduation photo

Doc. Mgr. Alice Dubská , CSc.

* 1938

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

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