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Post Bellum / Hlavní město Praha / Česká televize

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Miroslav Ilek in 2016

Miroslav Ilek

* 1923 †︎ 2017

Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Forced labour during the WW2

2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Helena Illnerová

Prof. RnDr., DrSc Helena Illnerová

* 1937

Boy Scouts, A cultural celebrity, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

24. 11. 1941 - The first transport to the Theresienstadt, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Chava Inbar

Chava Inbar

* 1949

National minorities, Israel/Palestine, Repatriated, Descendant of a Holocaust survivor

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

František Innemann in 2025

František Innemann

* 1947

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Charter 77 signatory, Political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Marie Jáčová in 1958

Marie Jáčová

* 1932

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Picture of Gustav Janáček from March 2019

JUDr. Major (ret.) Gustav Janáček

* 1950

Border Guards, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

Ing. Vladislav Jandjuk

* 1969

Belarus, Dissident, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, National minorities and 1 more categories

Miroslav Janek, 1988

Miroslav Janek

* 1954

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

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

Josef Janíček

* 1947

A cultural celebrity, The underground, Art and censorship, The Plastic People of the Universe

1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial

Martin Janíček, 1970s

Master of Fine Arts Martin Janíček

* 1961

Art and censorship, The underground, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

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