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Petr Novák at the Chvaletice festival in 1987

Petr Novák

* 1963

Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

František Novotný in 1973

František Novotný

* 1961

Member of an Illegal Church, Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Prague Palach Week, Petr Novotný, January 1989 (P. Hrabalík archive)

Petr Novotný

* 1966

Dissident, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Milan Ohnisko ca 1982

Milan Ohnisko

* 1965

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 24. 4. 1978 – Formation of Committee for the Defence of the Unjustly Prosecuted, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Josef Olšanský during recording, 2025

Josef Olšanský

* 1951

Dissident, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Anti-communist rebel, Charter 77 signatory and 3 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Jiří Olt in 1978

Jiří Olt

* 1955

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Art and censorship, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Petr Oravec

Petr Oravec

* 1964

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, The underground, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Petr Ouda in 2019

Petr Ouda

* 1953

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”

Martin Oulický in 1975

Martin Oulický

* 1951

Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

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

Helena Paessler in 1973

Helena Paessler

* 1953

Supporter of Czechoslovak dissent from a western country, Germany, Dissident, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee and 7 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 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

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