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

Jiří Louvar in front of his birth house, 1977

Jiří Louvar

* 1958

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Forced labour during the WW2, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 26.8. 1980 Solidarity strike in Wroclaw

Josef Loužecký serving in the army

Josef Loužecký

* 1939

Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Oldřich Loveček, 1953

Oldřich Loveček

* 1934

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), 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, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Jiří Löwy in the army, just before his return to civilian life

Jiří Löwy

* 1957

Representative of the Church, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity and 2 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, Death marches 1944-1945, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Lucie Lucká

Mgr. Lucie Lucká

* 1946

Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, Descendant of a Holocaust survivor

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Frantisek Ludik, 1960

Ing. František Ludík

* 1943

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Déclassé, Relative of a political prisoner, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Eva Ludvíčková in 1998

Ing. Eva Ludvíčková

* 1947

Official in JZD, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer, Descendant of a Holocaust survivor

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 22. 8. 1968 – Extraordinary congress (the “Vysočany Congress”) of KSČ

Luers Wendy

Wendy Luers

* 1940

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

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Cyril Luhan 1947-1948

Ing., CSc Cyril Luhan

* 1929

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Juraj Lukáč during eyd recording

Juraj Lukáč

* 1954

Environmentalist, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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 , 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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