21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

21. 8. 1968

The witness in Ostroh, Volhynia, 1943

Soňa Nováková

* 1936

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Volhynian Czechs, Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, Life along the Iron Curtain

Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 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 and 2 more anniversaries

Věra Nováková, in Bráník- Prague, 50th

Věra Nováková

* 1928 †︎ 2024

Relative of a political prisoner, Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Art and censorship, Artists

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, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich and 1 more anniversaries

Zuzana Nováková, second half of the 1980s

Zuzana Nováková

* 1943

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Writer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 9. 5. 1962 – An extensive amnesty, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 2 more anniversaries

Zora Novická (en)

Zora Novická

* 1946

Relative of a political prisoner, Scientist

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Josef Novosad, Belgrade, 1945

Josef Novosad

* 1925

Czech minority in the former Yugoslavia, National minorities, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Sokol and 5 more categories

6. 4. - 17. 4. 1941 Dubnová válka (Německý útok na Jugoslávii) , 20 October 1944 - Liberation of Belgrade, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 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

Emílie Novosadová in her youth

Emílie Novosadová

* 1931

Czech minority in the former Yugoslavia, National minorities, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

6. 4. - 17. 4. 1941 Dubnová válka (Německý útok na Jugoslávii) , 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 22. 8. 1963 – Start of court restitutions, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Anna Novotná at the time of recording with Memory of Nation, Zlín, 27 June 2022

Anna Novotná

* 1924

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 1 more anniversaries

Eva Novotná, at that time Machová

Mgr. Eva Novotná

* 1933

Holocaust, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Eva Novotná in the 1970s

Ing. Eva Novotná

* 1937

The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Ludmila Novotná, 1953

Ludmila Novotná

* 1935

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Boy Scouts

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

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