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

21. 8. 1968

Věra Chudobová (Ruprechtová) as a young girl

Věra Chudobová

* 1944

Relative of a political prisoner, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Lawyer in the 50`s

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, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 22. 8. 1963 – Start of court restitutions

Michal Chumchal around 1945

Michal Chumchal

* 1941

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

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 1 more anniversaries

Head of a clinic in Tolyatti, Russia, circa 2010

MUDr. Natalia Chutorskaja

* 1955

Russia

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 2022 - full scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine

Milada Chvátalová during a remote recording session in 2022

Milada Chvátalová

* 1945

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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

Philosophical training at the witness's cottage, Zbečno, about the first half of the 1980s

Ivan Chvatík

* 1941

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jiří Chvojka, 1990

PhDr. Jiří Chvojka

* 1943

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

8. 9. 1948 – Funeral of President Edvard Beneš, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jana Chvojková

* 1937

Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Svatava Chybová during the filming for Memory of Nations, March 14, 2023, Náměšť na Hané

Svatava Chybová

* 1937

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Ludmila Cibulkova in 1958

Ludmila Cibulková

* 1942

Relative of a political prisoner, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou and 1 more anniversaries

Jan Čihák in his gallery, early 1990s

Jan Čihák

* 1940 †︎ 2021

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

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

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