Witnesses starting with letter F

Jiří Fajmon with guitar, 1979

Jiří Fajmon

* 1964

Dissident, Anti-communist rebel, Charter 77 signatory, Soutěž Příběhy 20. století, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25.3.1988 Candle demonstration in Bratislava, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

František Fajtl

František Fajtl

* 1912 †︎ 2006

French Foreign Legion, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Royal Air Force, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954) and 3 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1940 - The Battle of France, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Libuše Fajtlová in 2022

Libuše Fajtlová

* 1932

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 10. 6. 1942 – Destruction of Lidice, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 4 more anniversaries

Jarmila Fajtová on contemporary photo

Jarmila Fajtová

* 1945

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Contemporary portrait

Karol Fako

* 1931 †︎ 2020

The Sportsmen

Ladislav Faktor, 1975

JUDr. Ladislav Faktor

* 1957

Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Old photo

Vlasta Faktorová

* 1923

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

Josef Falář after finishing the air defence school in 1958

PhDr. Lieutenant Colonel (ret.) Josef Falář CSc.

* 1936

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Communist official, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 4 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou and 10 more anniversaries

Radoslav Faltýnek

Radomír Faltýnek

* 1926 †︎ 2018

Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Political prisoner in WW2

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

Jiří Fanta, Jihlava, July 2025

Jiří Fanta

* 1941

Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

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