Witnesses starting with letter C

Period portrait

Albína Charvátová

* 1937

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

23. 3. 1945 Bombing of České Budějovice, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Karla Charvátová

Karla Charvátová

* 1925 †︎ 2017

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Witness of local events from the Communist era, Illegal border crossing, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia

Ludmila Charvátová

* 1919 †︎ 2021

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 4 more anniversaries

Marie Charvátová

Marie Charvátová

* 1953

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Marta Charvátová after WWII

Marta Charvátová

* 1926

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Holocaust, Relative of a political prisoner, Hidden people, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps and 2 more anniversaries

Olga Charvátová, a portrait from 1978

PaedDr. Olga Charvátová Křížová

* 1962

The Sportsmen

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, Games of the XXIII Olympiad, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Igor Chaun, a portrait

Igor Chaun

* 1963

The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Evangelos Chaziantonis

* 1938

Greece, Greek minority in former Czechoslovakia

1944 - 1949 Greek civil war, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

30.JPG (historic)

Maria Chęcińska

* 1940

Poland

Chejstovský after the return from England, 1945

Jaroslav Chejstovský

* 1921 †︎ 2008

Participant in antifascist resistance, Royal Air Force, Veteran of WW2, western front, The Army of the Protectorate Bohemia-Moravia

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