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Rostislav Novák at work, during about 1960's

Rostislav Novák

* 1928

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Vincenc Novák during his military service in 1952

Second Lieutenant (ret.) Vincenc Novák

* 1929 †︎ 2024

The Partisan, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Veteran of WW2, former Yugoslavia

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Marie Nováková in 1980s

Marie Nováková

* 1934

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Industrial settler in border region in 60', Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Eva Nováková, 2019

MUDr. Eva Nováková

* 1938

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, 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, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia and 1 more anniversaries

Karin Nováková, 1960s

Karin Nováková

* 1942

Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, 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, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Lenka Nováková in her graduation photograph, 1972

Ing. Lenka Nováková

* 1953

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Ludmila Nováková, 2023

Ing. Ludmila Nováková

* 1941

Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Milada Nováková in 1955, high school graduation photograph

Milada Nováková

* 1936 †︎ 2025

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

20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Zdenka Nováková

Zdenka Nováková

* 1932

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, 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, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Zdenka Marie Nováková as a young architect

Doc. Ing. arch. Zdenka Marie Nováková , CSc.

* 1939

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

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