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Jindřich Tolar, 1984, Tachov region

Jindřich Tolar

* 1965 †︎ 2025

Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, A cultural celebrity, Anti-communist rebel

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

Josef Tolar, 1990s

Ing. Josef Tolar

* 1942

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, 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 , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Eva Tolkovsky 2016

Eva Tolkovsky

* 1952

National minorities, Israel/Palestine, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, 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, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Věra, Náchod 1939

Věra Tomanová

* 1931

Relatives of important personalities, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, People helping Jews during WWII, Charter 77 signatory and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 3 more anniversaries

Josef Tomas in 2024

Josef Tomáš

* 1942

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

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

Josef Tomas / Vysoké Mýto / 1952

Professor, Ing., CSc. Josef Tomáš

* 1933

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Boy Scouts, Scientist, 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, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 1 more anniversaries

Ladislav Tomas at the repeater station in Liberec Pavlovice in 1982

Ladislav Tomas

* 1937

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Graduation photo of Linda Tomaščik from 1996

Linda Tomaščik

* 1978

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

František Tomášek in 1966

Mgr. František Tomášek

* 1943

Déclassé, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death

Jindřich Tomášek during filming in 2024

Jindřich Tomášek

* 1944

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

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