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Chaloupka Miloš

Miloš Chaloupka

* 1946

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Ing. Václav Chaloupka

* 1948

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Jiřina Chaloupková during an interview for the project Stories of Our Neighbours, November 2023

Ing. Jiřina Chaloupková

* 1954

Witness of local events from the Communist era

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Marie Chaloupská_dobový portrét_na vysku.jpg (historic)

RNDr. Marie Chaloupská, roz. Kašparová

* 1933 †︎ 2020

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

Zdislav Chalupa, 1960s

Zdislav Chalupa

* 1922

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Marie Chalupova 24 years

Marie Chalupová

* 1925 †︎ 2017

Participant in antifascist resistance, Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 2 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Mimi Chan-Kuttelwascher in 2025

Mimi Chan-Kuttelwascher

* 1947

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

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

Miloš Charbuský by the piano in 1957

PhDr. Miloš Charbuský

* 1946

Czech minority in the former Yugoslavia, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Communist official

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral

Jiří Charousek in 1972

Ing. Jiří Charousek

* 1966

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

Jaromír Charvát in 2024

Ing. Jaromír Charvát

* 1953

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

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