The underground

Communism

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

Witness of local events from the Communist era, 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

Jarmila Trávníčková in 1975

Jarmila Trávníčková

* 1949

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, A cultural celebrity

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 2 more anniversaries

Vladimír Trlida

Vladimír Trlida

* 1962

Dissident, Anti-communist rebel, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Jiří Trnka in 2021

Jiří Trnka

* 1971

Dissident, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět and 2 more anniversaries

Miloš Turek as a Prague long-hair, mid-1960s

Miloš Turek

* 1949

Underage political prisoners, Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Miroslav Václavek in 1971

Miroslav Václavek

* 1965

Dissident, Relatives of important personalities, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Radio Free Europe, Writer and 6 more categories

27. – 29. 6. 1967 - The 4th Congress of Czech Writers, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial and 5 more anniversaries

Vladimir Valeš, Teplice, 1970

Vladimír Valeš

* 1959

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

Miroslava Válová, 1949

Miroslava Válová

* 1948

Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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