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

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František Turňa

* 1963

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, 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

Pavel Turnovský, 2025

Pavel Turnovský

* 1950

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground, Anti-communist rebel

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”

Anna Turoňová, 1950s

Anna Turoňová

* 1931

Romania, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Petr Tvaroh during the filming in 2024

Petr Tvaroh

* 1964

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists

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

Přemysl Tvrdoň as an employee of Brno Printing Works

Přemysl Tvrdoň

* 1944

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

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

Václav Tvrdý, 31 years old

Václav Tvrdý

* 1953

Sudeten Germans, Witness of local events from the Communist era

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jaroslava Tvrzníková, Munich 1983

Mgr. Jaroslava Tvrzníková

* 1940

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Radio Free Europe, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, University professor

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Zuzana Tvrzská, 2016

Zuzana Tvrzská

* 1955

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Sisters Anna (left) and Jindřiška Pribylová (circa 1942), in Sallaumines, France

Anna Tybitanclová

* 1939

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Repatriated, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1940 - The Battle of France, 6. 6. 1944 - Overlord, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

P8132916.JPG (historic)

Josef Tycar

* 1928

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

30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

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