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

Lumír Aschenbrenner in 1976

Ing. Lumír Aschenbrenner

* 1960

Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

Ascherlová Hana (*1955)

Hana Ascherlová

* 1955 †︎ 2017

Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Eva Astlová, 2024

Eva Astlová

* 1958

Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era

Ingrid Augstenová in her youth

Ingrid Augstenová

* 1940 †︎ 2025

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, Likvidace starého Mostu

Zdenka Aulická in 1955

Zdenka Aulická, roz. Klátilová

* 1925 †︎ 2024

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

On the graduation photo

Ing. arch. Václav Aulický

* 1944

University professor, Witness of local events from the Communist era

19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

Gevorg Avetisjan, 1975

Gevorg Avetisjan

* 1959

Armenia, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Witness Josef Bábek

Josef Bábek

* 1941

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jozef Babiak

* 1934

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner and 1 more categories

1944-1945 Hungary at the end of the second world war , 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Black Baron

Jozef Babiak

* 1929

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

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