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

Norbert Jurček in the first half of the 1960s as a soldier during the compulsory military service

Norbert Jurček

* 1943

Soutěž Příběhy 20. století, The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Zdislav Jurčík in 2023

Zdislav Jurčík

* 1944

Relative of a political prisoner, 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, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

Mária Jurčová

* 1934

Holocaust, People helping Jews during WWII, Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

Lviv in the times of the Second World War 1939-1945, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Portrét, 1. polovina 50. let

Gertruda Jurečková

* 1924

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden and 1 more anniversaries

Emil Juřena in 2023

Emil Juřena

* 1958

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Anti-communist rebel, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground and 1 more categories

1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s

Jiří Juřena in training, 1960s, Jeseník

Jiří Juřena

* 1945

Relative of a political prisoner, 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, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jiří Jurka in his youth

Jiří Jurka

* 1931

A cultural celebrity, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation and 1 more anniversaries

A portrait photo of Jan Jurkas when he was a student at the vocational school in Karviná

Jan Jurkas

* 1938

The Sportsmen, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, 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, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Zdenka Jurková in the year 2021

Zdenka Jurková

* 1933

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Hynek Jurman before entering school, 1962

Ing. Hynek Jurman

* 1956

Writer, 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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