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Drahomíra Černotová / around the year 1944

Drahomíra Černotová

* 1926

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

In 1980, when he was not allowed to work in newspaper because of his disagreement with the Communist Party's policy in 1969

Bořivoj Černý

* 1947

Journalist, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 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

Gustav Černý after the war as 25 years old

Gustav Černý

* 1936

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Déclassé, Memory of vanished settlements, Boy Scouts, Sokol and 3 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising and 10 more anniversaries

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Jaromír Černý

* 1930

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Soutěž Příběhy 20. století

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

Jiří Černý during his high school studies in Kadan in 1947

Jiří Černý

* 1930

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

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

Miroslav Kamil Černý, historical photograph

Miroslav Kamil Černý

* 1950

Anti-communist rebel, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída and 1 more anniversaries

Ondrej Cerny - period photography

Ondřej Černý

* 1966 †︎ 2023

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

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět, Palach Week

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Otakar Černý

* 1943 †︎ 2021

Journalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Václav Čeřovský 1945 in Czechoslovak uniform

Lieutenant Václav Čeřovský

* 1926 †︎ 2021

Illegal border crossing, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , The Partisan, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Students who were for political reasons expelled from school and 5 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, January 21. 1945 Burning villages Klak, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 9. 5. 1962 – An extensive amnesty and 1 more anniversaries

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