Tipsport for Legends

Nadace Tipsport

A common project of Tipsport, a.s. and Post Bellum. Czech and Slovak legends from various sports fields and eras sharing their life stories.

Copyright description

All witnesses agreed for the recording to be published at Memory of Nations. The use of the recordings is possible upon consultation with Post Bellum representatives.

Felicitas Babušíková

* 1940

The Sportsmen

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Ing. Pavol Bojkovský

* 1953

The Sportsmen, Life along the Iron Curtain

17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 25.3.1988 Candle demonstration in Bratislava

Mojmír Božík

* 1962

The Sportsmen

Eva Bródyová

* 1959

Emigrant, Holocaust, Illegal border crossing, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, People helping Jews during WWII and 9 more categories

Armenian Genocide, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 12. 3. 1938 - "Anschluss" of Austria, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2 and 13 more anniversaries

Agnesa Búřilová during documentation in 2024

Ing., Mgr. Agnesa Búřilová

* 1943

Greece, The Sportsmen

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Ján Čapkovič

* 1948

The Sportsmen

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 24. 2. 1949 – Formation of the Czechoslovak Union of Youth, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Witness - Jozef Čapkovič during recording

Ing. Jozef Čapkovič

* 1948

Politician, The Sportsmen

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Alica na fotke z turnaja v Třínci nad Sázavou, rok 1964.

Alica Chladeková, rod. Grofová

* 1952

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Anna Chmelková, rod. Blanáriková

* 1944

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Emil Coplák

* 1937

Russia, French Foreign Legion, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Forced labour during the WW2, The Partisan and 4 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, January 21. 1945 Burning villages Klak, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 3 more anniversaries