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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

Vladimír Václavek in 15 years

Vladimír Václavek POTOM SMAZAT

* 1959

Art and censorship, The underground, A cultural celebrity, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Vladimír Václavek

Vladimír Václavek

* 1959

Boy Scouts, Art and censorship, 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, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák

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

Jiří Váňa in 2018

Jiří Váňa

* 1962

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, The underground

Jiří Vaněk in 2019

Jiří Vaněk

* 1954

Dissident, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Charter 77 signatory, The underground

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

Ivan Vavřík at the turn of the 70s and 80s as a mánička

Ing., Arch. Ivan Vavřík

* 1958

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

UGСС in the Underground 1946-1989, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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