16. 12. 1989 - 24-25. 12. 1989 - The Romanian revolution

16. 12. 1989-25. 12. 1989

Adolf Kopřiva at the age of 33 when he worked as a preacher

Adolf Kopřiva

* 1957

Romania, Czechs from Banat, Representative of the Church, National minorities, Non-Catholic clerical and 2 more categories

16. 12. 1989 - 24-25. 12. 1989 - The Romanian revolution

Jan Kotešovec, September 2022, Eibenthal

Jan Kotešovec

* 1937

Romania, Czechs from Banat, National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu and 1 more categories

1951 - Deportation from Banat to Baragan (Romania), 16. 12. 1989 - 24-25. 12. 1989 - The Romanian revolution

Rudolf Krivanek after his arrival in Czechoslovakia, 1963

Rudolf Křivánek

* 1934

Czechs from Banat, National minorities, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Farmer, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945

1951 - Deportation from Banat to Baragan (Romania), 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 12. 1989 - 24-25. 12. 1989 - The Romanian revolution

Josef Mašek, born in 1955 in Gerník

Josef Mašek

* 1955

Romania, Czechs from Banat, Czech minority in the Serbia, National minorities, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945 and 1 more categories

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 16. 12. 1989 - 24-25. 12. 1989 - The Romanian revolution

Father Václav Mašek

Monsignor Václav Mašek

* 1941

Representative of the Church, A cultural celebrity, National minorities, Czechs from Banat, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 16. 12. 1989 - 24-25. 12. 1989 - The Romanian revolution, 1951 - Deportation from Banat to Baragan (Romania), 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Josef Maštalíř in 2021

Josef Maštalíř

* 1950

Romania, Czechs from Banat, National minorities, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 16. 12. 1989 - 24-25. 12. 1989 - The Romanian revolution

Selma Menezes

Selma Menezes

* 1935

Holocaust, Romania, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 12. 1989 - 24-25. 12. 1989 - The Romanian revolution

Josef Merhaut in 1978

Josef Merhaut

* 1959

Romania, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Czechs from Banat and 1 more categories

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 16. 12. 1989 - 24-25. 12. 1989 - The Romanian revolution

Václav Merhaut, recording for Memory of Nations, Pilsen, December 2023

Václav Merhaut

* 1951

Czechs from Banat, National minorities, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Farmer

1951 - Deportation from Banat to Baragan (Romania), 16. 12. 1989 - 24-25. 12. 1989 - The Romanian revolution, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Period photo

prof. MUDr., DrSc. Zdeněk Mraček

* 1930 †︎ 2022

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 7 more anniversaries

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