17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

17. 4. 1969

Anna Švehláková in 2022

MUDr. Anna Švehláková

* 1955

Member of an Illegal Church, Dissident, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks and 8 more anniversaries

Hana Svobodová when she was fifteen years old, 1951

Hana Svobodová

* 1936

Déclassé, Sokol, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Historic photo of Zdeňka Svobodová

Professor Zdeňka Svobodová

* 1943

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Déclassé, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist, University professor

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Mrs Syrovátková

Helena Syrovátková

* 1948

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Andrej Sziszák during EYD recording in New York, 2023

Andrej Sziszak

* 1957

United States of America, Hungary, Croatia, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee and 19 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2 and 22 more anniversaries

Narcis Tálský

Narcis Tálský

* 1940

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 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, 9. 5. 1962 – An extensive amnesty and 3 more anniversaries

Pavel Taťoun, 1975

Pavel Alexander Taťoun

* 1954

The Plastic People of the Universe, Dissident, Communist official, Déclassé, Relatives of important personalities and 9 more categories

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 4 more anniversaries

Jana Tenková at the Vocational School of Horticulture in Pilsen in 1965

Jana Tenková

* 1948

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou and 2 more anniversaries

Kristina Tesková, 1959

Kristina Tesková

* 1939

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 4 more anniversaries

Josef Tichý at Technical auxiliary battalions

Josef Tichý

* 1932

Germany, Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions) and 4 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 1 more anniversaries

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