Witnesses starting with letter C

Petr Choura in 2024

Petr Choura

* 1967

The underground, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Libuše Chourová - 1942 - A short time before her arrest.

Libuše Chourová

* 1924 †︎ 2013

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Political prisoner in WW2, Forced labour during the WW2

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 5. 4. 1968 – Formation of KAN (Club of Active Non-partisans), 20. 6. 1942 - prezekuce a věznění studentů z Roudnice nad Labem

Jarmila Chovancová, 1950s

Jarmila Chovancová

* 1928

Member of Orel, Forced labour during the WW2, Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945) and 3 more categories

September 1939- occupation of the entire Upper Silesia by Germany, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories and 3 more anniversaries

Radmila Chovancová at Myslivna, Gottwaldov, 1980s

Radmila Chovancová

* 1966

Human Rights Defender, Dissident, Anti-communist rebel, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Witness Sabina Chrapek

Sabina Chrapek

* 1950

Miloslav Chráska as a graduate of the Electrical Engineering School, 1960

Miloslav Chráska

* 1941

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

František Chrástek at the time of his FAMU studies, a self-portrait, 1978

František Chrástek

* 1953

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jaromír Chrástek in 1949, graduation photo

Jaromír Chrástek

* 1929

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

Doctoral graduation, 1985

Jiřina Chrastilová

* 1949

Dissident, Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 1 more anniversaries

Josef Chrástka in 1959 when first on duty as an engine driver, Volary

Josef Chrástka

* 1940

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

23. 3. 1945 Bombing of České Budějovice, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

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