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Květoslav Švihla in emigration in the USA

Květoslav Švihla

* 1933

Agent of the western secret services (cold war), A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel

Václav Tichý in a photo from the investigation file

Václav Tichý

* 1927 †︎ 2021

Lawyer in the 50`s, A communist prosecutor, A communist interrogator, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions) and 2 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Igor Tomeš

Igor Tomeš

* 1931 †︎ 2018

Diplomat, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, A secret police collaborator, Hidden people

22. 8. 1968 – Extraordinary congress (the “Vysočany Congress”) of KSČ, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

The witness during his military service, Terezín, 1964

Josef Třešňák

* 1945

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Communist official, Déclassé, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, A secret police collaborator and 4 more categories

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, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

High school graduate

M.A.,M.Sc.,Ph.D. Dušan Tříska

* 1946

Politician, A secret police collaborator, Scientist, University professor, The topic of security forces before 1989

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Petr Tyráček in band Dynamic, New Year's Eve ROH, 1974

Ing. Petr Tyráček

* 1946

A secret police collaborator, Witness of local events from the Communist era, University professor

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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jaromir Ulc in the army sergeant, radio operator

Major Jaromír Ulč

* 1950 †︎ 2016

A communist interrogator, A secret police collaborator, The topic of security forces before 1989

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

foto Karel Vaš z Národního archivu dobova.jpg (historic)

Karel Vaš

* 1916 †︎ 2012

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, A collaborator of the Soviet secret service and 5 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 3 more anniversaries

As a young man

Josef Vlček

* 1951

Journalist, A secret police collaborator, Art and censorship, The topic of security forces before 1989

17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Hana Voisine-Jechová

Professor Hana Voisine-Jechová

* 1927 †︎ 2020

Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 3 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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