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Helena Němcová

Helena Němcová

* 1937

Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Lydia Němcová, circa 1962

Lydia Němcová

* 1944

Witness of local events from the Communist era

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Anežka Němcová

Sestra Kateřina (Anežka Němcová)

* 1957

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Friars, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia

František Němec in 2021

František Němec

* 1932

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Gypsies / Roma, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Karel Němec, filming for Memory of Nations, July 2021

Karel Němec

* 1949

Dissident, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 2 more anniversaries

During the basic military service in 1953

Richard Němec

* 1931 †︎ 2020

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

September 1939- occupation of the entire Upper Silesia by Germany, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, March 1945 - the occupation of Upper Silesia by the Soviet army, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Václav Němec on the army ID photograph.

Doc. Václav Němec

* 1969

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Věroslav Němec

* 1952

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

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Nurse in the clinic of pediatric surgery

Jana Němečková

* 1936 †︎ 2022

Boy Scouts, Sokol, The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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, 18 December 2011 Václav Havel died

Miroslav Němejc, 1976

Miroslav Němejc

* 1962

Dissident, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

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

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