Witnesses starting with letter Č

Ondrej Cerny - period photography

Ondřej Černý

* 1966 †︎ 2023

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět, Palach Week

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Otakar Černý

* 1943 †︎ 2021

The Journalist, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, A cultural celebrity

30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

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Otakar Černý

* 1919 †︎ 2009

Veteran of WW2, western front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, Royal Air Force and 4 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

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Jan Čeřovský

* 1930 †︎ 2017

Secret police informer, Boy Scouts, Diplomat, Scientist

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

Václav Čeřovský 1945 in Czechoslovak uniform

Lieutenant Václav Čeřovský

* 1926 †︎ 2021

Illegal border crossing, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , The Partisan, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Students who were for political reasons expelled from school and 5 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, January 21. 1945 Burning villages Klak, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 9. 5. 1962 – An extensive amnesty and 1 more anniversaries

Zbyněk Čeřovský

Zbyněk Čeřovský

* 1931

Agent of the western secret services (cold war), A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Radio Free Europe and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Marta Červená

Marta Červená

* 1954

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Friars, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Member of an Illegal Church and 1 more categories

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

Milada Červená

Milada Červená

* 1931

Boy Scouts

Josef Červenka during the recording for the Memory of Nations, Uherský Brod, 23 August 2022

Josef Červenka

* 1932

Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 3 more anniversaries

Přemysl Červenka in 1953

PhDr. Přemysl Červenka

* 1922

Forced labour during the WW2, Déclassé, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

july 1938 - X. sokol slet's, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering and 1 more anniversaries

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