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

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

Blanka Göthová, 1960s

Blanka Göthová

* 1945

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. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

portrét

Ludmila Grafnetrová

* 1933

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Eva Gránová, 1953

Ing. Eva Gránová

* 1932

Holocaust, People helping Jews during WWII, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Hidden people

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

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