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Marie Svatošová, graduation photo, 1961

MUDr. Marie Svatošová

* 1942

Writer

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Bohumil Svoboda

PhDr. Bohumil Svoboda

* 1924 †︎ 2020

Member of an Illegal Church, Journalist, Politician, Writer, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school and 3 more categories

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ladislav Szalay during shooting

Ladislav Szalay

* 1929 †︎ 2025

People helping Jews during WWII, Déclassé, Writer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Scientist

9. - 10. 11. 1938 Crystal Night, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Václav Táborský

* 1928 †︎ 2025

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Writer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, A cultural celebrity

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Pavel Taussig 1943

Pavel Taussig

* 1933

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, National minorities, Writer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 7 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, Death marches 1944-1945, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps and 3 more anniversaries

Milan Tichák while studying at a military aviation school

PhDr. Milan Tichák

* 1933 †︎ 2020

Historian, Journalist, Boy Scouts, Sokol, Writer and 4 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák and 9 more anniversaries

Jáchym Topol

Jáchym Topol

* 1962

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, A cultural celebrity, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 1 more categories

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

Vladimír Trojánek in 2022

Vladimír Trojánek

* 1958

Boy Scouts, Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

The Spitsbergen expedition in 1968, Gerhard Tschunko on a peak

Gerhard Tschunko

* 1935

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Illegal border crossing, Writer

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Milan Uhde, 1963

Milan Uhde

* 1936

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, A cultural celebrity, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 4 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 5 more anniversaries

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