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Petr Švestka zamlada

Petr Švestka

* 1959

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Emigrant, Boy Scouts and 2 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

Miroslav Svoboda in 1976

Miroslav Svoboda

* 1962

Literature in exile, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground, Life along the Iron Curtain and 1 more categories

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

Vladimír "Metud" Svoboda in 1989

Vladimír „Metud“ Svoboda

* 1966

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, The underground

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

Pavel Taťoun, 1975

Pavel Alexander Taťoun

* 1954

The Plastic People of the Universe, Dissident, Communist official, Déclassé, Relatives of important personalities and 9 more categories

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 4 more anniversaries

Tomas Tichak, 1978

Tomáš Tichák

* 1957

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Art and censorship, The underground, Dissident, Journalist

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

Jan Tichý in the year 1969 on a photograph for his identity card, which was refused by the Hrádec division of the National Security Corps (SNB)

Jan Tichý

* 1951

Illegal border crossing, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation and 1 more anniversaries

Jindřich Tolar, 1984, Tachov region

Jindřich Tolar

* 1965 †︎ 2025

Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, A cultural celebrity, Anti-communist rebel

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

Jindřich Tomášek in 2023

Jindřich Tomášek

* 1962

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

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, Palach Week

Jan Tomeš at the concert of Pepa Nos in Blansko, 1986

Jan Tomeš

* 1964

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

Jindra Tomeš in 2012

Jindřich Tomeš

* 1959

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Charter 77 signatory, The underground

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