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

Vladimír Drápal

Mgr. Vladimír Drápal

* 1964

Dissident, A cultural celebrity, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial

Fr. Drápala as a soldier in Bechyně, 1959

František Drápala

* 1940

Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 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

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Daniela Draská

* 1934

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Jana Drašnarová, 1971

MVDr. Jana Drašnarová

* 1939

Political prisoner in WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Emil Drastík, mid 1950s

Emil Drastík

* 1936 †︎ 2025

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, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Antonie Draxelová

* 1946

Romania, Czechs from Banat, National minorities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

1951 - Deportation from Banat to Baragan (Romania), 16. 12. 1989 - 24-25. 12. 1989 - The Romanian revolution, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jiří Dražil as a grammar school student, about 1973

Ing. Jiří Dražil

* 1957

Environmentalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 5. 4. 1968 – Formation of KAN (Club of Active Non-partisans), 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Josef Dražil, a portrait

Josef Dražil

* 1923 †︎ 2022

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Milan Drbohlav (2015)

Milan Drbohlav

* 1941

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

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Alena Dřevjaná-Coufalová

* 1969

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

Games of the XXIII Olympiad

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