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

21. 8. 1968

Pavel Černík in the Jesličky Theatre

Pavel Černík

* 1950

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship, Life along the Iron Curtain

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Milan Černín (on the left) / ČSA Karviná mine / 1966

Ing. Milan Černín

* 1934

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

The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR

Starting reporter Jana Černohorská, an image of 1963

Jana Černohorská

* 1940

Journalist, Sokol

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime

Marie Černohorská (Špičáková) in 1968

Marie Černohorská

* 1951

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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

Drahomíra Černotová / around the year 1944

Drahomíra Černotová

* 1926

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Černý Albert Antonín

Albert Antonín Černý

* 1937

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Dissident, Charter 77 signatory

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, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 5. 4. 1968 – Formation of KAN (Club of Active Non-partisans)

In 1980, when he was not allowed to work in newspaper because of his disagreement with the Communist Party's policy in 1969

Bořivoj Černý

* 1947

Journalist, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Gustav Černý after the war as 25 years old

Gustav Černý

* 1936

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Déclassé, Memory of vanished settlements, Boy Scouts, Sokol and 3 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising and 10 more anniversaries

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Jaromír Černý

* 1930

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Soutěž Příběhy 20. století

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

Jiří Černý during his high school studies in Kadan in 1947

Jiří Černý

* 1930

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 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 and 1 more anniversaries

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