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Historical photo of the witness (from the set of photos Jazz Days Prague 1982)

Petr Fusek

* 1959

Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime

Michal Gabriel in his second year at AVU (Academy of Fine Arts in Prague) in the studio of the sculptor Kryštůfek

Professor Michal Gabriel

* 1960

Art and censorship, The underground, A cultural celebrity

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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Zsuzsa Gáspár

* 1943

Hungary, Member of the Hungarian democratic underground, Victim of the political police in Hungary, Charter 77 signatory, The underground

1989 - Transition in Hungary

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Marketa Goetz-Stankiewicz

* 1927 †︎ 2022

A cultural celebrity, Holocaust, The underground, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 18 December 2011 Václav Havel died

Karel Habal in England

Karel Habal

* 1950

Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

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, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime and 2 more anniversaries

Jan Hammer, year of graduation

Jan Hammer

* 1957

Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 22. 8. 1968 – Extraordinary congress (the “Vysočany Congress”) of KSČ, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 18 December 2011 Václav Havel died

Olaf Hanel in front of the Czechoslovak Embassy in Canada with a protest banner supporting the release of dissidents, 1989

Olaf Hanel

* 1943 †︎ 2022

Dissident, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Charter 77 signatory, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 6 more categories

Ústí massacre (31. 7. 1945), 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Jiří Hanke at the military service

Jiří Hanke

* 1944

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

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Petr Hanzlík

Petr Hanzlík

* 1945 †︎ 2020

Dissident, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Victim of forced relocation, Relative of a political prisoner and 4 more categories

UGСС in the Underground 1946-1989, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 1 more anniversaries

Martin Hassa / around the year 1984

Martin Hassa

* 1968

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

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