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Lucie Ledererová, Prague, 2024

Lucie Ledererová

* 1941

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Karel Lednický serving in the army

Karel Lednický

* 1942

Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Lefkovits Ivan

Ivan Lefkovits

* 1937

Emigrant, Holocaust, National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 3 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial

Michal Legdan

Michal Legdan

* 1939

Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), National minorities, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence

Miloš Lehečka

Miloš Lehečka

* 1951

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Elfrieda Lehnertová, a portrait

Elfrieda Lehnertová

* 1938

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Victim of forced relocation, Memory of vanished settlements, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Sudeten Germans and 4 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Miroslav „Míša“ Leicht in his youth

Miroslav Leicht

* 1962

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

Jindřich Leinweber (1962)

Jindřich Leinweber

* 1938

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

During the shooting of the experimental film The Hound of the Baskervilles, directed by Jaroslav Formánek, 1980s

Dušan Leitgeb

* 1957

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, Life along the Iron Curtain

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Pavel Lejhanec in 1976

Ing. Pavel Lejhanec

* 1947

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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