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

17. 11. 1989-29. 12. 1989

Liselotte Pultarová in 1948

Liselotte Pultarová

* 1929

National minorities, Forced labour during the WW2, Repatriated

july 1938 - X. sokol slet's, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Photo from the investigation file of the secret state police (StB)

Vlasta Pytlíková

* 1932

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), The relative of a political prisoner, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1945 – Withdrawal from the Carpatho-Russia in favour of the USSR, 8. 9. 1948 – Funeral of President Edvard Beneš, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 3 more anniversaries

Jan Rabiňák in 1980

Ing. Jan Rabiňák

* 1960

Boy Scouts

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ilja Racek, 2017

Ilja Racek

* 1930 †︎ 2018

A cultural celebrity, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 22. 8. 1968 – Extraordinary congress (the “Vysočany Congress”) of KSČ, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”

Oliver Rácz with his sister Katarína

doc. PhDr. MUDr. CSc. Oliver Rácz

* 1947

Holocaust, People helping Jews during WWII, Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, Scientist, University professor and 1 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 4 more anniversaries

František Radkovský, portrait from his youth

Monsignor František Radkovský

* 1939

Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Boy Scouts, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

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

Contemporary photo

Jiří Rádl

* 1928 †︎ 2014

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Agent of the western secret services (cold war), Forced labour during the WW2

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, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jidřiška Radová, Einhod Symposium in Israel 1966

Jindřiška Radová

* 1925

A cultural celebrity, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship, Artists and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Zdeněk Rafaj

Zdeněk Rafaj

* 1960

Boy Scouts, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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

František Rafaja

Ing. František Rafaja

* 1943 †︎ 2024

The underground, Radio Free Europe, Art and censorship, Politician

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

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