The underground

Communism

Libor Stržínek

Libor Stržínek

* 1958

Art and censorship, The underground

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Jiří Suchan at Sovinec, the 1980s

Jiří Suchan

* 1961

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Anna Švehláková in 2022

MUDr. Anna Švehláková

* 1955

Member of an Illegal Church, Dissident, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks and 8 more anniversaries

Petr Švestka zamlada

Petr Švestka

* 1959

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Emigrant, Boy Scouts and 2 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

Vladimír "Metud" Svoboda in 1989

Vladimír „Metud“ Svoboda

* 1966

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, The underground

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

Pavel Taťoun, 1975

Pavel Alexander Taťoun

* 1954

The Plastic People of the Universe, Dissident, Communist official, Déclassé, Relatives of important personalities and 9 more categories

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 4 more anniversaries

Jan Tichý in the year 1969 on a photograph for his identity card, which was refused by the Hrádec division of the National Security Corps (SNB)

Jan Tichý

* 1951

Illegal border crossing, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, The underground

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation and 1 more anniversaries

Petr Tomíšek (circa1978)

Petr Tomíšek

* 1953

Dissident, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Charter 77 signatory, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, The underground

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

Jáchym Topol

Jáchym Topol

* 1962

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, A cultural celebrity, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 1 more categories

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

Jan Trávníček, 1978

Jan Trávníček

* 1948 †︎ 2021

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship, The underground, A cultural celebrity

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

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