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The witness during an arrest by State Security in Prague at the U Holečků restaurant during the 4th Charter Forum

Karel Mrázek

* 1957

Dissident, Journalist, Charter 77 signatory, Art and censorship, The underground and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 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, 24. 4. 1978 – Formation of Committee for the Defence of the Unjustly Prosecuted

Miloš Müller in the 80s as a "mánička"

Ing. Miloš Müller

* 1965

Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, Palach Week, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Jana Müllerová in 1981

Jana Müllerová

* 1949

Dissident, Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground

31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral and 2 more anniversaries

Kyra Munk Matuštík as an about 20 years old girl

Kyra Munk Matuštík

* 1959

Charter 77 signatory, Dissident, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust and 5 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

Michal Murin

* 1963

Art and censorship, The underground, Artists, A cultural celebrity

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 25.3.1988 Candle demonstration in Bratislava

Bedřich Musil in 2019

Bachelor Bedřich Musil

* 1967

Journalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět, Palach Week

Vladimír Muzička (archive)

Vladimír Muzička

* 1953

Anti-communist rebel, Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, The underground, Member of an Illegal Church and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

jana n2.JPG (historic)

Jana Náprstková, roz. Chvátalová

* 1950

The underground, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

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, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation and 1 more anniversaries

Jaroslav Jeroným Neduha at Military Service in 1965

Jaroslav Jeroným Neduha

* 1945 †︎ 2024

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jiřina Nehybová during her studies at grammar school

Jiřina Nehybová

* 1961

Secret police informer, Anti-communist rebel, The underground, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

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