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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

Krista Dytrychová at the Karlovy Vary airport in the 1970s

Krista Dytrychová

* 1949

Cuba, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Wehrmacht soldier

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, Hijacking of CSA flight OK096 to Germany (8.6.1970), 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

A historic photo

Vratislav Ebr

* 1942 †︎ 2023

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

24. 10. 1942 - poprava 261 československých odbojářů v KT Mauthausen, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Michal after her arrival to Israel

Michal Efrat

* 1926 †︎ 2017

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, National minorities, Israel/Palestine and 4 more categories

8. - 9. března 1944 - Hromadná vražda vězňů tzv. Terezínského rodinného táb, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1948 Arab–Israeli War and 1 more anniversaries

Vera Egermayer in 2024

Věra Egermayerová

* 1940

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 1 more anniversaries

Terezie Zuzana Eisnerová (b. 1978)

Terezie Zuzana Eisnerová

* 1955

Member of an Illegal Church, Dissident, Relative of a political prisoner, Friars, Charter 77 signatory and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter” and 1 more anniversaries

Lída Engelová with her brother Tomáš, National Theatre, 1970

Lída Engelová

* 1944

Art and censorship, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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