1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

1989

Ilias Cumaropulos

Ilias Cumaropulos

* 1933

Greece, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, National minorities, Greek minority in former Czechoslovakia and 1 more categories

28.10.194 - 23.4.1941 Greek- Italian war, 6.4. - 23.4.1941 Battle of Greece, 1944 - 1949 Greek civil war, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Tomáš Czernin during the recording

Tomáš Czernin

* 1962

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Déclassé, Politician, Relatives of important personalities, Nobility

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

Marie Damborská

* 1927

Member of Orel, Illegal border crossing, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 5 more anniversaries

Radomír Daněk

Radomír Daněk

* 1965

Border Guards, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, The underground, Anti-communist rebel

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

Mrs. Děrdová 1940s

Zdeňka Děrdová

* 1926

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

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Deres László

László Deres

* 1948

Romania, Dissident, Political prisoner in the Kádár era

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1989 - Transition in Hungary

Josef Diviš, 1962

Ing. Josef Diviš

* 1939

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Helena Divoká, the 1950s

Helena Divoká

* 1934

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

Vladimír Dlouhý in 2024

Ing., CSc Vladimír Dlouhý

* 1953

Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era

Perestroika, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

František Dočekal and his wife Anna. Mělník, 1984/1985

František Dočekal

* 1941

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 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, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 1 more anniversaries

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