Witnesses starting with letter A

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

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

Stanislav Aseyev, Prague 2025

Stanislav Aseyev Станіслав Асєєв

* 1989

Political prisoner, Ukraine, Important cultural personality in Ukraine, Human Rights Defender in Ukraine, Journalist and 2 more categories

2014 - first invasion of Russia into Ukraine, 2022 - full scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine, The Revolution of Dignity (21.11. 2013 – 22.02. 2014)

Magda Atlasová Schwarzová

Magda Atlasová Schwarzová

* 1919

Holocaust, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Hidden people

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

Libuše Audrlická in a period photo

Libuše Audrlická

* 1924

Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Asaf Auerbach

* 1928 †︎ 2022

Emigrant, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, Winton’s Children, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

Lieutenant Norbert Auerbach

* 1922 †︎ 2009

Veteran of WW2, western front, Emigrant, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

Battle of the Bulge, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 6. 6. 1944 - Overlord

Inge Auerbacher, Prague, 2024

Inge Auerbacher

* 1934

United States of America, Germany, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust

9. - 10. 11. 1938 Crystal Night, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

Augsbergerová Danuše

Danuše Augsbergerová

* 1931

Anti-communist rebel

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Patrik Augusta during filming

Patrik Augusta

* 1969

The Sportsmen

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

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