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Zuzana Justman before the war

Zuzana Justman

* 1931

United States of America, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust and 4 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial

Viera Kalinová

* 1949

Foreigner living in Czechoslovakia before the year 1989, United States of America, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine and 2 more categories

Lviv in the times of the Second World War 1939-1945, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps and 1 more anniversaries

Portrait in Forest Hills, Queens, October 14, 2023

Antonín Kocurek Corporal

* 1957

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Clergymen, United States of America, Member of an Illegal Church, Catholic clerical and 3 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia and 1 more anniversaries

Alsu Kurmasheva, Praha 2025

Alsu Kurmasheva

* 1976

Political prisoner, United States of America, Russia, Journalist, Radio Free Europe

Luers Wendy

Wendy Luers

* 1940

Relatives of important personalities, Diplomat, Journalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Harriet Macková in 2020

Harriet Macková, roz. Gilbert

* 1950 †︎ 2022

Dissident, Witness of local events from the Communist era, United States of America

Jolyon Naegele during his first trip to Czechoslovakia (1973)

Jolyon Arthur Naegele

* 1955

Foreigner living in Czechoslovakia before the year 1989, United States of America, Journalist, Radio Free Europe, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, Palach Week, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall, 1992 - 1995 Bosnian War and 1 more anniversaries

Zuzka Polesny Eggen, portrait in Mladá Boleslav

Zuzka Polesny Eggena

* 1938

United States of America, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Czech community in the US and 7 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 29. 7. - 14. 8. 1948 Summer Olympics in London

Gabriela Sharma in the 1980s

Gabriela Kumar Sharma

* 1967

United States of America, Dissident, Emigrant, Relatives of important personalities

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

Pavel Šoltys as a child in his favourite park in Petřín, 1950s

Pavel Šoltys

* 1951

United Kingdom, United States of America, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing and 2 more categories

25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

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