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

17. 11. 1989-29. 12. 1989

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, 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

Jindřich Polák in 1961

Jindřich Polák

* 1947

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, 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

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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

Ilja Stern, late 1980s

Ilja Stern

* 1960

Déclassé, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, 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

Josef Achrer, 1961

Josef Achrer

* 1951

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, 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

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

Ivan Adame

* 1943 †︎ 2021

Anti-communist rebel, Writer, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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

Adamec dobovy orez.jpg (historic)

Zdeněk Adamec

* 1934 †︎ 2017

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 5 more anniversaries

Evžen Adámek on contemporary photograph

Mgr. Evžen Adámek

* 1960

Member of an Illegal Church, Dissident, Relatives of important personalities, The relative of a political prisoner, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 26.8. 1980 Solidarity strike in Wroclaw

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