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

Vladimír Fulín in 1951

Vladimír Fulín

* 1947

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

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral

Dalibor Funda in 1968

Dalibor Funda

* 1955

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Karel Funk 24 years old

Ing. Karel Funk

* 1948

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

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

Roman Fürst, 1969

Roman Fürst

* 1944

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

9. - 10. 11. 1938 Crystal Night, 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, 22. 8. 1968 – Extraordinary congress (the “Vysočany Congress”) of KSČ and 4 more anniversaries

Historical photo of the witness (from the set of photos Jazz Days Prague 1982)

Petr Fusek

* 1959

Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime

1973, Ivan Gabal, the case of the hopeless photographer

PhDr. Ivan Gabal

* 1951

Dissident, National minorities, Politician, Gypsies / Roma, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 6 more anniversaries

Fedor Gabčan, Ostrava, 1987

Fedor Gabčan

* 1940

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

Portrait of František Gabčo during his army service, Klatovy, 1967 or 1968

František Gabčo

* 1948

National minorities, Gypsies / Roma, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Memory of vanished settlements

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

Jozef Gabrhel at 18 years of age

Jozef Gabrhel

* 1932 †︎ 2022

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Ján Gadžo as a soldier in US army (1971 - 1973)

Ján Gadžo

* 1949

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

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