1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

1989

Přemysl Malý, graduation photo, Prague, 1964

Ing. Přemysl Malý

* 1945 †︎ 2023

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

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Photo from his student years

Václav Malý

* 1950

Dissident, Representative of the Church, Vicar without State agreement, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 24. 4. 1978 – Formation of Committee for the Defence of the Unjustly Prosecuted

Anna Mandelíková at young age

Anna Mandelíková (rod. Sidonová)

* 1942

Holocaust, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Hidden people

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Bohuslav Mánek during his secondary school studies, 1962

professor PhDr., CSc. Bohuslav Mánek

* 1946

Scientist, University professor

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 1 more anniversaries

Vlasta Maněnová, Hrádeček, 1982

Vlasta Maněnová

* 1948

Dissident, Relatives of important personalities

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 24. 4. 1978 – Formation of Committee for the Defence of the Unjustly Prosecuted and 4 more anniversaries

Marta Marsinová

Marta Marsinová

* 1922

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), A cultural celebrity, Boy Scouts, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps and 1 more anniversaries

Lukáš Martin at the age of six

Lukáš Martin

* 1967

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

Four-year-old Jiří Martínek in Modřany

Ing. Jiří Martínek

* 1940

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relatives of important personalities, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 1 more anniversaries

Lubomír Martínek

Lubomír Martínek

* 1954

Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, The underground, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Božena Martiníková, wedding photograph

Božena Martiníková

* 1940

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

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