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

17. 11. 1989-29. 12. 1989

And there is still much to explain...

Ing., Ph.D. Viktor Nižňanský

* 1953

Scientist, Environmentalist, Politician

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

Petr, 1945

Petr Werner Noack

* 1943

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, National minorities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu and 1 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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

Jakub Noha, Trenčín, February 1988, photo by Olgert Rumler

Jakub Noha

* 1950

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, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Jarmila Nohavičková - 1938

Jarmila Nohavičková

* 1923 †︎ 2022

Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 2 more anniversaries

A portrait of the witness in 1960s

Dalibor Norský

* 1931 †︎ 2022

Relative of a political prisoner, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1990 - 1991 - Odsun sovětských vojsk z Československa, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vladimír Nosek

Ing. Vladimír Nosek

* 1924 †︎ 2015

Communist official

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, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime

Josef Nosiadek, wehrmacht

Josef Nosiadek

* 1923

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Wehrmacht soldier

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

Hana Nová during a graduation ceremony (1973)

JUDr. Hana Nová

* 1949

Holocaust, University professor

1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Zdeňka Nová

Zdeňka Nová

* 1951

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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

Jaroslav Novák got married on August 24, 1968. His wedding was surrounded by the armored vehicles of the occupiers

Jaroslav Novák

* 1946

Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, 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

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