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Jarmila Drábková, 40s

Jarmila Drábková

* 1919 †︎ 2022

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

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR

Jarmila Drábková in 2020

Jarmila Drábková

* 1926 †︎ 2021

Forced labour during the WW2, Sokol, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ota Dračka's high school graduation photo, 1974

Ota Dračka

* 1955

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Environmentalist, Boy Scouts

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, Vznik nezávislého odborové hnutí Solidarita, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák

In Mariánské Lázně, 1947

Jana Drahokoupilová

* 1938

Journalist, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, 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, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jiří Drahoňovský (2nd from right) with friends in the Luzicke Mountains, 1980s.

Jiří Drahoňovský

* 1954

Sokol, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

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

Ladislav Drahorád during filming, 2024

Ladislav Drahorád

* 1931

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

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s

Jaroslav Drahoš, early 1970s

Ing. Jaroslav Drahoš

* 1967

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Jiří Drahoš in 2018

Jiří Drahoš

* 1949

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

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, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral and 4 more anniversaries

Vladislav Drajsajtl in 2023

Vladislav Drajsajtl

* 1950

Forced labour during the WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

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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