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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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With sister in 1943

RNDr. František Dusbábek , DrSc.

* 1937

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Anna Dusová during filming

Anna Dusová

* 1935

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Anna Dusová in 1973

MUDr. Anna Dusová

* 1942

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, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 2 more anniversaries

Edgar Dutka in 2021

Professor Edgar Dutka

* 1941

Illegal border crossing, Writer, University professor, Life along the Iron Curtain, Relative of a political prisoner

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Václav Dvořák, late 1970s

Ing. Václav Dvořák

* 1947 †︎ 2024

Clergymen, Member of an Illegal Church, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Catholic clerical

16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Bohuslav Dvořák in 2022

Ing. Major General Bohuslav Dvořák

* 1960

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 22. 4. 1996. - 10. 6. 1999. Kosovská válka , 24. 3. – 10. 6. 1999 - NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, 1992 - 1995 Bosnian War

Libor Dvořák in 2023

Mgr. Libor Dvořák

* 1948

Journalist, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

In my youth

Otomar Dvořák

* 1951

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

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

Hana Dvořáková in 1953 during the studies at the Faculty of Medicine of Charles University in Prague

MUDr. Hana Dvořáková , CSc.

* 1930

Political prisoner in WW2, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague and 2 more anniversaries

Bohumil Dymáček, 1961

Bohumil Dymáček

* 1942 †︎ 2025

Member of an Illegal Church, Non-Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), 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

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