9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

9. 11. 1989

Sempfer Kosolofski, 1946

Sempfer Kosolofski

* 1933

Romania, Germany, National minorities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Hidden people and 3 more categories

17.6.1953 - Uprising of 1953 in East Germany, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall, 3.10.1990 - Reunification of Germany, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Joe Kucera in London in the 1970s

Josef Kučera

* 1943

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner, Art and censorship

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

V době studií na teologické fakultě v Olomouci v letech 1969 až 1974

Professor František Kunetka

* 1945

Dissident, Representative of the Church, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Friars, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 1 more categories

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 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, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

Memoir shortly after emigration, Vienna, 1977

Josef Kyska

* 1954

Member of an Illegal Church, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Writer

17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

Tomáš Lánczos as a student of geochemistry at Comenius University

Mgr. Tomáš Lánczos Ph.D.

* 1966

Environmentalist, Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, National minorities, University professor

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Lukáš Martin at the age of six

Lukáš Martin

* 1967

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

Photograph, January 2014

Manfred Matthies

* 1941

Germany, Illegal border crossing, GDR - outgoing passengers, Political prisoner in the GDR, East German Refugee and 2 more categories

13.8.1961 - Building of the Berlin Wall, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

Vladimír Michal

* 1961

Art and censorship

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 6 more anniversaries

Zdeněk Mrňa (foreground) during a company party at S Morava Leasing

Ing. Zdeněk Mrňa

* 1950

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

Kyra Munk Matuštík as an about 20 years old girl

Kyra Munk Matuštík

* 1959

Charter 77 signatory, Dissident, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust and 5 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

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