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Helena Dufková during the filming for Memory of Nations, Zlín, 2022

Helena Dufková

* 1936

Member of Orel, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, 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, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Marta Kinská 1943

Marta Dufková

* 1927 †︎ 2015

Sokol, Witness of local events from the Communist era

19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Dominik Duka in his youth

cardinal Jaroslav Dominik Duka

* 1943 †︎ 2025

Member of an Illegal Church, Dissident, Representative of the Church, Vicar without State agreement, Catholic clerical and 7 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 1 more anniversaries

Pavel Dukát, 1953

Pavel Dukát

* 1934

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

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 4 more anniversaries

Libuše Durdová, beginning of 1960s

Libuše Durdová

* 1928

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

2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, September 1939- occupation of the entire Upper Silesia by Germany, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 1 more anniversaries

Stanislav Ďureje in the early 1990s

MUDr. Stanislav Ďureje

* 1941

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, 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

Anna Ďurišová as a young girl

Anna Ďurišová

* 1938

Holocaust, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, People helping Jews during WWII, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 3 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 3 more anniversaries

With sister in 1943

RNDr. František Dusbábek , DrSc.

* 1937

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Petr Dušejovský around 1980

Petr Dušejovský

* 1954

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

Josef Dušek

* 1941

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria

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