The underground

Communism

Historic portrait photo

Silvestra Chnápková

* 1954

Dissident, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Charter 77 signatory, Art and censorship, The underground and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ivo Chocholáč at the time of his studies

Mgr. Ivo Chocholáč

* 1961

Dissident, Art and censorship, The underground

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

Petr Choura in 2024

Petr Choura

* 1967

The underground, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Jaroslav Chromek - 1988

Jaroslav Chromek

* 1956

A cultural celebrity, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Anti-communist rebel

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime

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Miroslav Chudej

* 1962

The underground

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

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Tomáš Císařovský

* 1962

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

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 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

Rostislav Čurda at a concert in Kobylisy in 1983

Rostislav Čurda

* 1957

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

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Miloš, Prague 1964

Miloš Čuřík

* 1947

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Radomír Daněk

Radomír Daněk

* 1965

Border Guards, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, The underground, Anti-communist rebel

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

Jiří David as a child, the 1960s

Jiří David

* 1956

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

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

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