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

Iveta Clarke

Iveta Clarke

* 1963

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Czech community in the US, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

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

Marek Čmelík, 1970s

Marek Čmelík

* 1962

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

The events in the streets of Prague in August 1968

Františka Čoková

* 1936

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

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

04 - Marie Condlova born Reindlova - 1948

Marie Čondlová

* 1928

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

19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

Václava Čoudková, 2024

Václava Čoudková

* 1950

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

František Coufal at the military service, 1957

František Coufal

* 1937

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jitka Coufalová in 2019

Jitka Coufalová

* 1950

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Zdeňka Coufalová, née Kopecká

Zdeňka Coufalová

* 1958

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Marie Čovejová / around the year 1980

Marie Čovejová

* 1963

National minorities, Gypsies / Roma, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

IMG_20160211_0013 - kopie.jpg (historic)

Peggy Croydon roz. Štědrá

* 1930 †︎ 2020

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Illegal border crossing, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, National minorities and 3 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps and 3 more anniversaries

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