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

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

Jindřich Tomášek in 2023

Jindřich Tomášek

* 1962

Charter 77 signatory, The underground, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, Palach Week

Vanda Tomášková's high school graduation photo, Plzeň, 1961

Vanda Tomášková

* 1943

Participant in antifascist resistance, Witness of local events from the Communist era

20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jan Tomeček's passport photo, 1968

Jan Tomeček

* 1926

United States of America, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Czech community in the US, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války and 5 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 3 more anniversaries

Karel Tomek, 1974

Karel Tomek

* 1954

Relatives of important personalities, 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

Miroslav Tomek before graduating from secondary school, 1964

Miroslav Tomek

* 1946

Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 1 more anniversaries

Pavel Tomek as a boy

Ing. Pavel Tomek , CSc.

* 1943

Relative of a political prisoner, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

Jan Tomeš at the concert of Pepa Nos in Blansko, 1986

Jan Tomeš

* 1964

Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

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

Antonín Tomešek in DS Oblouková, Šternberk, during an interview for the Memory of Nations, 21 July 2025

Antonín Tomešek

* 1943

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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Miroslav Toms, 2018

Miroslav Toms

* 1931

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

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial and 2 more anniversaries

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