5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

5. 1. 1968-21. 8. 1968

Michael Lax. Cca 1955.

Michael Lax

* 1949

National minorities, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5.-10. 6. 1967 Six-Day War

Tatjana Lazorčáková during recording of her interview

Professor, PhDr. Tatjana Lazorčáková

* 1954

Relatives of important personalities, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship, University professor, A cultural celebrity

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Aleš Lederer, 2017

Aleš Lederer

* 1953

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

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

Vilém Lederer at the end of occupation

Vilém Lederer

* 1942

Relative of a political prisoner, Hidden people

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou and 7 more anniversaries

Miroslav „Míša“ Leicht in his youth

Miroslav Leicht

* 1962

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship, The underground, Life along the Iron Curtain

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Stanislav Lekavý - childhood

Stanislav Lekavý

* 1930 †︎ 2020

Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions)

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 3 more anniversaries

Jan Leníček in Rájec, 1985

Ing. Jan Leníček

* 1945

Environmentalist, Scientist, Life along the Iron Curtain

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, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster and 2 more anniversaries

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Josef Lesák

* 1920 †︎ 2009

Participant in antifascist resistance, Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Sokol

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 11 more anniversaries

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Karel Lešanovský

* 1929 †︎ 2013

Anti-communist rebel, Boy Scouts

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 5. 4. 1968 – Formation of KAN (Club of Active Non-partisans)

Elena Letňanová during a concert in the American city of Dayton (1989)

Elena Letňanová

* 1942

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Relatives of important personalities, Writer, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu and 3 more categories

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral and 2 more anniversaries

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