1989 - The fall of the iron curtain | Memory of Nations

František Mikloško, then chairman of the National Council of the Slovak Republic, and Pavol Abrhan (1990)

Ing. Pavol Abrhan

* 1959

Member of an Illegal Church, Dissident, Politician, Boy Scouts, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 25.3.1988 Candle demonstration in Bratislava and 4 more anniversaries

Josef Achrer, 1961

Josef Achrer

* 1951

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

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

Jefstavij Oleksijovyč Adamčuk in the Soviet Armed Forces (in the middle), 1956

Jefstavij Oleksijovyč Adamčuk

* 1937

National minorities, The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, Repatriated, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Farmer and 2 more categories

1944 - 1947 - Population Transfers from the Ukrainian - Polish Borderlands, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, Ukraine in 1986–1991, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

the witness Ivan Adam as a soldier in the basic military service

Ivan Adame

* 1943 †︎ 2021

Anti-communist rebel, Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 4 more anniversaries

Karl Affenzeller during childhood

Karl Affenzeller

* 1950

National minorities, Memory of vanished settlements, Austria

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Zdeněk Albert

Zdeněk Albert

* 1927

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Forced labour during the WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 3 more anniversaries

Madeleine Albright in 1947

Madeleine Albright

* 1937 †︎ 2022

Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Politician, Relative of a political prisoner and 3 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 3 more anniversaries

Michael Albus, 1943

Prof. Michael Albus

* 1942

Germany, University professor, Supporter of Czechoslovak dissent from a western country

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Marwan Alsolaiman at Strahov Colleges in Prague, 1986/1987

Ing. Bachelor Marwan Alsolaiman

* 1962

Foreigner living in Czechoslovakia before the year 1989, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, National minorities, Writer and 4 more categories

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Michal Ambrož, late 1970s

Michal Ambrož

* 1954 †︎ 2022

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

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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