Witness of local events from the Communist era | Memory of Nations

As a young man

Stanislav Doubek

* 1947 †︎ 2020

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Politician

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jaroslav Douša in 1964

PhDr. Jaroslav Douša

* 1949

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

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

Miloslav Douša at the Border Guard

Miloslav Douša

* 1953

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Politician

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral

Pavel Douša (2015)

Pavel Douša

* 1948

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Sister Paulína photo 2012

Růžena Doušová

* 1915 †︎ 2015

Friars, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Paměť českých neslyšících

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks

A photo of that time

Věra Doušová

* 1947

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Volhynian Czechs

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Miroslav Drábek, summer 1981

Miroslav Drábek

* 1964

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Anti-communist rebel

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

Pavel Drábek in 2019

Pavel Drábek

* 1966

Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1989 - Third renewal of Junák, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Richard Drábek during his military service at the Auxiliary Technical Batallions, 1953

Richard Drábek

* 1929

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Kamil Drabina, around 1959

Ing. Kamil Drabina

* 1946 †︎ 2020

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

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

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