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

17. 11. 1989-29. 12. 1989

Beatrice Landovská in the 1980s

Beatrice Landovská

* 1962

Dissident, Relatives of important personalities, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship

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

Pavel Landovský

Pavel Landovský

* 1936 †︎ 2014

Charter 77 signatory, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Ivan Landsmann (1985)

Ivan Landsmann

* 1949 †︎ 2017

Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Writer

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ivan Langer in 2018

Ivan Langer

* 1967

Politician, The relative of a political prisoner, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 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

Vincenc Langer, 1952

Vincenc Langer

* 1934 †︎ 2023

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Life along the Iron Curtain

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Agnesa Langová

* 1946

Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Hana Lapková

Hana Lapková

* 1934

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Milan Lasica in theatre (foto Ctibor Bachratý)

Milan Lasica

* 1940 †︎ 2021

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Artists, A cultural celebrity

26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Dagmar Lastovecká at the age of 18

JUDr. Dagmar Lastovecká

* 1951

Politician, Relatives of important personalities, The relative of a political prisoner, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Martin Laštovička on the photo from the time of the Velvet Revolution

Ing. arch. Martin Laštovička

* 1965

The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Statistics: 18359 Witnesses the Database; 10205 Witness Stories; 19220 Registered Researchers; 152645 Photos; 61988 Clips