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

17. 11. 1989-29. 12. 1989

Picture of Gustav Janáček from March 2019

JUDr. Major (ret.) Gustav Janáček

* 1950

Border Guards, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

František Janačík

* 1969

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Journalist

17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Marie Janáková, née Stojanová, *1928

Marie Janáková

* 1928

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

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 5 more anniversaries

Marta Janasová, née Zajícová / 1979

Marta Janasová, roz. Zajícová

* 1956

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, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

Jan Janata in 1962

Jan Janata

* 1936

Official in JZD, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Farmer

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners and 2 more anniversaries

Marie Janatová in 1950

Marie Janatová

* 1941

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Soutěž Příběhy 20. století, The relative of a political prisoner, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Farmer and 1 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Josef Jančar as a young person

Josef Jančar

* 1925

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Josef Jančář

PhDr. Josef Jančář , CSc.

* 1931

Member of Orel, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Déclassé, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 5 more anniversaries

Josef Jančář on a historical photograph

Josef Radim Jančář

* 1951

Dissident, Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Friars and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jan Janda

Ing. Jan Janda

* 1943

The relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Life along the Iron Curtain

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 31. 10. 1967 – Spontaneous student demonstration in Prague, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 4 more anniversaries

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