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Petr Dohnal during the general strike in front of the Pardubice Theater, 27 November 1989

Petr Dohnal

* 1960

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

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

Miloslava Dohnalíková, the 1960s

Miloslava Dohnalíková

* 1943

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Tatjana 1968, graduation from secondary school

Tatjana Dohnalová

* 1950

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, 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, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Felix Döhner in 1971

Felix Döhner

* 1947

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Leonid Dohovič in a photograph from the prison file

Leonid Levko Dohovič

* 1935 †︎ 2025

National minorities, Underage political prisoners, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Milena Aubrechtová, daughter of Major Franjo Aubrecht, in 1945

Milena Dolanská

* 1927

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Underage political prisoners, Parašutisté vycvičení během druhé světové války ve Velké Británii, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jaromír Dolanský and a cuddly monkey

Jaromír Dolanský

* 1956

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

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral

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Major in retiment, Doc., MUDr. Rajko Doleček

* 1925 †︎ 2017

Participant in antifascist resistance, National minorities, Czech minority in the former Yugoslavia, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 6 April 1941 - German attack on Belgrade, 20 October 1944 - Liberation of Belgrade

Jaroslav Dolejš, 2024

Jaroslav Dolejš

* 1942

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

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Jaroslav Dolejš

* 1953

Representative of the Church, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, 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, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

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