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

17. 11. 1989-29. 12. 1989

Jiří Ježek on Il-18 bomber in Hradec Králové, circa 1965

Jiří Ježek

* 1941

Forced labour during the WW2, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13.8.1961 - Building of the Berlin Wall and 5 more anniversaries

V. Ježek, osmdesátá léta.JPG (historic)

Vlastimil Ježek

* 1963

Journalist, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Writer

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

Věra Ježková (en)

Věra Ježková

* 1942

Relatives of important personalities, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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

Jiří Jícha - soldier of basic service - in uniform of the Border Guard in 1979

Major Jiří Jícha

* 1957

Illegal border crossing, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Border Guards, Life along the Iron Curtain, Historian and 1 more categories

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

Zdeněk Jičínský 1968

Professor Zdeněk Jičínský

* 1929 †︎ 2020

Communist official, Déclassé, Politician, Charter 77 signatory, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns and 8 more anniversaries

High school graduation portrait of Václav Jílek, 1968

Václav Jílek

* 1949

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, The relative of a political prisoner, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Bohumila Jindrová in 1951

Bohumila Jindrová

* 1935

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, The relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Farmer

20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR and 5 more anniversaries

Jiří Jiránek in 2021

Ing. Jiří Jiránek

* 1942

Environmentalist, Memory of vanished settlements, Politician, Scientist

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 3 more anniversaries

Bohuslav Jirásek before starting his military service (1956)

Bohuslav Jirásek

* 1937 †︎ 2022

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 1 more anniversaries

Pavel Jirásek, 2023

Pavel Jirásek

* 1961

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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

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