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

Irena Freundová while filming the interview in 2019

Irena Freundová

* 1927

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 7 more anniversaries

Ing. Igor Frič

* 1955

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Jaroslav Erik Frič

Jaroslav Erik Frič

* 1949 †︎ 2019

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 1 more anniversaries

Zdeněk Friml (front) and DJ Hodr in the Hifi club in Jaroměř. 1983

Ing. Zdeněk Friml

* 1934

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Martin Frind, Prague, 2025

academic painter Martin Frind

* 1963

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

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Marie Frištenská at work in the breeding station, 1950s

Marie Frištenská

* 1935

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Hana Frištenská Štarková in 2021

JUDr. Hana Frištenská Štarková

* 1951

Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Relative of a political prisoner, Gypsies / Roma, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Family photo, witness at the bottom center, mother is on the left in the corner, 1960s.

Marie Fritschová

* 1945

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Relative of a political prisoner, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

As a twelve-year-old, 1958

Ladislav Fröde

* 1946

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Border Guards, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 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

Jaroslav Frolík

Jaroslav Frolík

* 1933

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, 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

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