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

Bohumil Janoušek in 1971 in London during training of his charges on the Thames River

Bohumil Janoušek

* 1937

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

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

Going down the river in 1972

Gabriel Janoušek

* 1940

Relative of a political prisoner, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 26.8.-11.9.1972 - Summer Games of the XX Olympiad , Munich , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 1 more anniversaries

Karel Janoušek in the 1980s

Mons. Dr. Karel Janoušek

* 1947

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Catholic clerical, Radio Free Europe, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia

Vladimír Janoušek a photo of that time

Vladimír Janoušek

* 1924 †︎ 2020

Forced labour during the WW2, Emigrants from Russia, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1932 - 1933 - Holodomor - Great famine in Ukraine, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising and 1 more anniversaries

Blanka Janoušková as a young girl

Blanka Janoušková

* 1946

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

Slavomil Janov; 2024

Slavomil Janov

* 1958

Journalist, Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

Zora Janovcová 18 years old

PhDr. Zora Janovcová

* 1949

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

A portrait photo of Zbyněk Janovský from the late 1960s

Zbyněk Janovský

* 1932

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

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 3 more anniversaries

Milan Jansa, 2025

Milan Jansa

* 1956

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

With his apprentice David Navara, 1997

Ing. Vlastimil Jansa

* 1942

Memories about Fidel Castro, Spolupracovník Vojenské kontrarozvědky, The Sportsmen, 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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