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

Detail of a photograph from a private forbidden board (1974)

PhDr. Jiří Dvořák

* 1955

Historian, People helping Jews during WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, University professor, Life along the Iron Curtain

26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Josef Dvořák as a young man

Josef Dvořák

* 1942

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

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Libor Dvořák in 2023

Mgr. Libor Dvořák

* 1948

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

17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Lubomír Dvořák, born in 1930 in Jihlava

Lubomír Dvořák

* 1930

Illegal border crossing, Relative of a political prisoner, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts, Sokol and 3 more categories

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 4 more anniversaries

Martin Dvořák as a Scout boy, 1968

Ing. Martin Dvořák

* 1956

Diplomat, Dissident, Politician, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 5. 4. 1968 – Formation of KAN (Club of Active Non-partisans), 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime and 2 more anniversaries

An ID photo from 1969

Michal Dvořák

* 1950

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

In my youth

Otomar Dvořák

* 1951

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

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

Stanislav Dvořák in his youth

Ing. Stanislav Dvořák

* 1928

Bulgaria, Déclassé, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Václav Dvořák

Václav Dvořák

* 1934 †︎ 2023

Member of Orel, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 1 more anniversaries

Bohuslava Dvořáková in 2021

Bohuslava Dvořáková

* 1936

Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Memory of vanished settlements, Repatriated, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1951 - creation of the restricted border area along the Czechoslovakian border with Western Germany and Austria, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 1 more anniversaries

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