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

Pavel Císovský in Ostrava in June 2019

Pavel Cisovský

* 1943

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Hubert Čížek in 2022

Ing. Hubert Čížek CSc.

* 1941

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Environmentalist, Scientist

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

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

Merja Connolly-Freund, contemporary portrait

Merja Connolly-Freund

* 1963

United States of America, Emigrant, Czech community in the US, Déclassé, Relatives of important personalities and 4 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 26.8.-11.9.1972 - Summer Games of the XX Olympiad , Munich

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

Pavel Coufal in 2025

Pavel Coufal

* 1956

Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

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