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

Helena after return from the concentration camp

Helena Glancová

* 1938

A cultural celebrity, Holocaust, 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, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Witness in the Sokol sports hall. 1933

Jaruše Glosová

* 1927

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Déclassé, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, july 1938 - X. sokol slet's, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps and 11 more anniversaries

Milada Glozarová at the time of the interview (5 May 2025)

Milada Glozarová

* 1939

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Zuzana Glückseligová in 2025

Zuzana Glückseligová

* 1947

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Descendant of a Holocaust survivor, Israel/Palestine

Jindřich Goba, mid-1970s

Jindřich Goba

* 1933

Emigrant, Holocaust, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A secret police collaborator

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Jan Gogola during the filming of the interview in 2019

Professor Jan Gogola

* 1944

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, University professor and 1 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 1 more anniversaries

Jan Gogola, 1977

Jan Gogola

* 1971

Dissident, Journalist, Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět and 1 more anniversaries

Five-year-old Petr Goldmann

Petr Goldmann

* 1955

Scientist, University professor, Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Maria like student

Mária Gondová, rod. Selinová

* 1946

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Member of an Illegal Church, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 29. 6. 1945 – Withdrawal from the Carpatho-Russia in favour of the USSR, 1944-1945 Hungary at the end of the second world war

Elena Gorolová in a wedding dress, 1987

Elena Gorolová

* 1969

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

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

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