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

21. 8. 1968

Karel Dynka in 2018

Karel Dýnka

* 1929

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 1 more anniversaries

Jan Dytrych in Ústí nad Labem, where he joined the food processing company Setuza

Jan Dytrych

* 1954

Secret police informer, Politician, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, The relative of a political prisoner

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Bohuslav Ebermann

Mgr. Bohuslav Ebermann

* 1948

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Politician, The Sportsmen

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

A historic photo

Vratislav Ebr

* 1942 †︎ 2023

Relatives of important personalities, The relative of a political prisoner, Writer, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

24. 10. 1942 - poprava 261 československých odbojářů v KT Mauthausen, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Alois Edr (far right) and his colleagues from the mine rescue. Karviná, around 1965

Alois Edr

* 1941

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, July 7, 1961 - fire in the mine Dukla, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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Petr Ehrmann

* 1926 †︎ 2012

Veteran of WW2, western front, Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

Ervin Eichner in 2019

Ervin Eichner

* 1926 †︎ 2021

Bata school Graduate, A secret police agent, Holocaust, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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

A photo of that time

Bohuslav Eliáš

* 1937

Representative of the Church, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Catholic clerical, Boy Scouts and 3 more categories

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

Jindřich Eliáš with a gramophone record

Jindřich Eliáš

* 1950

Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship

18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Luděk Eliáš in 1946

Luděk Eliáš

* 1923 †︎ 2018

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, A cultural celebrity, Holocaust, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Theresienstadt Ghetto and 3 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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