Witnesses starting with letter J

Josef Jiřičný

Josef Jiřičný

* 1951

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Scientist, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Karel Jiřík / 1994

Karel Jiřík

* 1952

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Václav Jirkovský in the year 1945

Captain (ret.) Václav Jirkovský

* 1923

Veteran of WW2, western front, Forced labour during the WW2, The Partisan, The Army of the Protectorate Bohemia-Moravia, Hidden people

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Jaromíra Jirků in her youth

Jaromíra Jirků

* 1953

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

In the graduation photo

Ing. Jaroslav Jirman

* 1948

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r

Miroslav Jiroš in his youth

Miloslav Jiroš

* 1924 †︎ 2024

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Forced labour during the WW2

july 1938 - X. sokol slet's, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 12. 3. 1938 - "Anschluss" of Austria, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

In the half of the 90th years - on the trip to Jabkenice

Miroslav Jirounek

* 1955 †︎ 2020

Dissident, Anti-communist rebel, Charter 77 signatory, Sokol, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial and 4 more anniversaries

Ivan Jirous

Ivan Jirous

* 1944 †︎ 2011

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Dissident, A cultural celebrity, The underground

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Tobiáš Jirous. Middle of the 1990's

Tobiáš Jirous

* 1972

Art and censorship, The underground, Life along the Iron Curtain

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

František Jiroušek

František Jiroušek

* 1924

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

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