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Anna Ondračková, 1979

MUDr. Anna Ondračková

* 1959

The topic of security forces before 1989, Member of an Illegal Church, Witness of local events from the Communist era

Jana Ondřejčková in the 80s

Jana Ondřejčková

* 1942

Journalist

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Aleš Opatrný, 1964

Mons. doc. Ing. Mgr. Aleš Opatrný , Th.D.

* 1944

Representative of the Church, Vicar without State agreement, Catholic clerical, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 2 more categories

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

Libuše Opočenská in 1944

Libuše Opočenská

* 1927 †︎ 2018

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

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jaroslav Opočenský in 2018

Jaroslav Opočenský

* 1949

Volhynian Czechs, Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR

Tadeusz Oratowski at the end of the 1960s as commander of a tank platoon of the 11th Mechanized Regiment of the 4th Division.

Colonel Tadeusz Oratowski

* 1943

Poland, Holocaust, People's Army of Poland soldier, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jaroslav Orawski, 2018

Ing. Jaroslav Orawski

* 1937

Representative of the Church, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Robert Ospald, a portrait from the time of the escape

Robert Ospald

* 1951

Emigrant, Sudeten Germans, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

Eva Osvaldová

* 1932

Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Petr Ouda in 2019

Petr Ouda

* 1953

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”

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