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Ferdinand Čermák in the military in the 1960s

Ferdinand Čermák

* 1941

Dissident, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Anti-communist rebel, The underground

Libuše in 1957

Mgr. Libuše Černá

* 1953

A cultural celebrity, The underground, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Member of an Illegal Church, Journalist and 1 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r

Milena Černá

MUDr. Milena Černá

* 1942 †︎ 2021

Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, University professor

18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 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

Jiří Chmel - 1970s

Jiří Chmel

* 1954

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Relatives of important personalities, Charter 77 signatory, The underground and 3 more categories

1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Jaroslav Chnápko in 2016

Jaroslav Chnápko

* 1956

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

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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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