17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia | Memory of Nations

Jaroslav Adámek as a train driver

Jaroslav Adámek

* 1953

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 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

Jaroslav Čapek in 1980-photo taken by the Austrian police during an application for political asylum

Mgr. Jaroslav Čapek

* 1949

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, 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

Radko Kubičko, 17 years old

Radko Kubičko

* 1967 †︎ 2025

Journalist, Radio Free Europe

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

Lubor Maťa in 2024

Lubor Maťa

* 1960

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

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

Jindřich Polák in 1961

Jindřich Polák

* 1947

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

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

Iva Rudolecká in 1984

JUDr. Iva Rudolecká

* 1959

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Petr Štěpánek in 1976

Ing. Petr Štěpánek

* 1950

Sokol, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Environmentalist

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ilja Stern, late 1980s

Ilja Stern

* 1960

Déclassé, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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

Adolf Absolon (1958)

RNDr., CSc. Adolf Absolon

* 1937

Boy Scouts, Scientist, Artists, A cultural celebrity, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 3. 1945 Bombing of České Budějovice, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 4 more anniversaries

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