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František Ducháček

František Ducháček

* 1940

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

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

Jarmila Ducháčková

Jarmila Ducháčková

* 1927

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

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 1 more anniversaries

Josef Duchoň at a young age

Josef Duchoň

* 1933

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime

Jiřina Duchoslavová, graduation photo

Jiřina Duchoslavová

* 1946

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Relative of a political prisoner, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Leoš Duda in 1987

Leoš Duda

* 1964

Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground, Dissident

5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, Palach Week, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Václav Duda in 2021

Václav Duda

* 1933

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Witness in 1972

Zdeněk Duda

* 1940

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, 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

Witness Marie Dudová

Marie Dudová

* 1936

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Joseph as a student

Josef Dufek

* 1929 †︎ 2022

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation and 5 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 6 more anniversaries

Josef Dufek during his military service between 1967–1969 (smoking)

Josef Dufek

* 1948

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

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, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

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