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

In youth

Josef Nový

* 1938

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, 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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Miloň Nussbauer - as a young man

Miloň Nussbauer

* 1934 †︎ 2023

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

18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Juraj Nvota

* 1954

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists, A cultural celebrity

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Witness in 1966

Jan Nykl

* 1953

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Luděk Nykles in Indian, 80s

Luděk Nykles

* 1951

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. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jarmila Nyklesová, 1989, historical photography

Jarmila Nyklesová

* 1956

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Volhynian Czechs, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

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

Bronislava Nyklová, 1940

Bronislava Nyklová

* 1934

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

2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, September 1939- occupation of the entire Upper Silesia by Germany, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Edita Nyplová, a portrait

Edita Nyplová

* 1933

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Drahoslava Rút Tomešová, later Nývltová, 1947

Drahoslava Rút Nývltová

* 1937 †︎ 2026

People helping Jews during WWII, Repatriated, Member of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps (General Svoboda's army), Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 5 more categories

Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, 1936 - 1938 - Great Terror in the USSR, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR and 7 more anniversaries

Helena Obertášová

* 1929

Memory of vanished settlements, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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