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

Graduation, 1985

RNDr. Jan Tomsa

* 1961

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1962 – An extensive amnesty, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Alexandr Tomský, in his youth

Alexander Tomský

* 1947

A cultural celebrity, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Journalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

Božena Tomšová, 1950s

Božena Tomšová

* 1936

Internační tábor Svatobořice u Kyjova, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Déclassé, Relatives of important personalities and 4 more categories

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 24. 10. 1942 - poprava 261 československých odbojářů v KT Mauthausen

Věra Bradić-Topičová, 1960

Věra Topičová

* 1932 †︎ 2023

National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

Ludmila Tornová in her youth

Ludmila Tornová

* 1945

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Eva Tošovská, Faculty of Law, 1965

JUDr. Eva Tošovská

* 1942

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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Historical photography of the witness

Mikuláš Tóth

* 1956

Border Guards, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Hana Totušková / Zlín / 2018

Hana Totušková

* 1926 †︎ 2025

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Jaroslav Toufar / 1990

Jaroslav Toufar

* 1941 †︎ 2023

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, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

František Toulec, photo from the Kennkarte, an identity card issued by the Germans during the Second World War

Ing. František Toulec

* 1925 †︎ 2023

Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Sudeten Germans, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

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