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Jiří Černý, period photograph

professor PhDr., CSc. Jiří Černý

* 1936

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, University professor

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 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 and 1 more anniversaries

Václav Chvátal in his youth after moving from Prague to Pilsen

Professor Václav Chvátal

* 1946

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist and 1 more categories

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

Jitka Chytráčková, then Náprstková, in theatre costume, Turnov, 1960

Jitka Chytráčková

* 1946

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Relatives of important personalities, Royal Air Force and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation and 8 more anniversaries

Václav Cigler in 2018

Václav Cigler

* 1929 †︎ 2026

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, People helping Jews during WWII, University professor, Artists

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising

Zdeněk Cimpl around 1976

Prof. RNDr., CSc. Zdeněk Cimpl

* 1938

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, University professor

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Period photography of Vladimír Czumalo, 1982

PhDr. Vladimír Czumalo , CSc.

* 1954 †︎ 2024

Historian, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, University professor and 1 more categories

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

Barbara Day, portrét

Barbara Day

* 1944

Journalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, University professor and 3 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Lumír Dokoupil (en)

professor PhDr., CSc. Lumír Dokoupil

* 1935

Historian, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Scientist, University professor

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Antonin Dolezal - younger

Antonín Doležal

* 1929

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Writer, Sokol, Scientist, University professor

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, july 1938 - X. sokol slet's, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising and 5 more anniversaries

Jaroslav Drápal in 1953

doc. Ing.,CSc. Jaroslav Drápal

* 1934 †︎ 2023

Victim of forced relocation, Witness of local events from the Communist era, University professor, Life along the Iron Curtain, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 3 more anniversaries

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