The Eighties 1980–1989 | Memory of Nations

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Jiří Wolf graduation at Jan Evangelista Purkyně University, Brno, 1976

MUDr. Jiří Wolf

* 1952

Boy Scouts, Sokol

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

Jaroslava Wollerová in 2019

Jaroslava Wollerová

* 1947

Life along the Iron Curtain, Politician

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

Maria Wolska as a schoolgirl, when her name was Maria Hauschke

Maria Wolska

* 1957

Poland, The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, German minority in Poland after 1945

1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, Výjimečný stav v Polsku

Jiří Wonka with his brother's dog 1977

Jiří Wonka

* 1950

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Charter 77 signatory, National minorities, Relative of a political prisoner, 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

Henryk Wrona during the interview in May 2021

Colonel Henryk Wrona

* 1945

Poland, People's Army of Poland soldier, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, Výjimečný stav v Polsku

Petr Wurm in 2017

Petr Wurm

* 1936

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia

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

Ilios Yannakakis

Ilios Yannakakis

* 1931 †︎ 2017

Greece, Greek minority in former Czechoslovakia

1944 - 1949 Greek civil war, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Hovhannes Yeranyan

Hovhannes Yeranyan Հովհաննես Երանյան

* 1963

Armenia, A cultural celebrity

Perestroika, Dissolution of the Soviet Union

Arif Yunus in 2022

Arif Yunus

* 1955

Human Rights Defender, Historian, Azerbaijan, Dissident

Perestroika, First Nagorno-Karabakh War, Dissolution of the Soviet Union

Leyla as a candidate for the Social Democratic Party to the Parliament of Azerbaijan, September 1990

Leyla Yunus

* 1955

Human Rights Defender, Azerbaijan, Dissident, Historian

Perestroika, First Nagorno-Karabakh War, Dissolution of the Soviet Union

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