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Graduation photography

Mons. Jan Graubner

* 1948

Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 1 more anniversaries

H.-G. Grech, 1954

Hans-Günter Grech

* 1942

Austria, Sudeten Germans, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Jindřiška Grecová at the celebration of her 100th birthday

Ing. Jindřiška Josefa Grecová

* 1923 †︎ 2025

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Sanitary worker during the World War 2

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 1 more anniversaries

Secondary school graduation photo, 1961

Mgr. Alexandr Gregar

* 1943

A cultural celebrity, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 3 more anniversaries

Oldřich Gregar

* 1939

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

Bedřich Gregorini, graduation photo, 1958

Bedřich Gregorini

* 1939

Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, Ústecký masakr (31. 7. 1945), 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 1 more anniversaries

As the director of the Děčín Engineering Works

Miroslav Grégr

* 1929

Holocaust, National minorities, Forced labour during the WW2, Déclassé, Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR) and 5 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 11. 1940 - The Patria disaster, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign and 7 more anniversaries

Helena Grégrová at the time of filming in March 2023

Helena Grégrová

* 1940

Déclassé, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Bořivoj Grepl

Bořivoj Grepl

* 1926

Forced labour during the WW2, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Déclassé

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Anna Grillová, 1956

Anna Grillová

* 1923

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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