Artists

Interpretation of the flag, 80s

Otis Laubert

* 1946

Artists, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Alena Laufrová, 1978

ak. malířka Alena Laufrová

* 1952

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists, Holocaust, Art and censorship

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 3 more anniversaries

lazorisak port dob.jpg (historic)

Štefan Lazorišák

* 1959

The underground, Artists

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ivan Letko 3

Ivan Letko

* 1934 †︎ 2024

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Picture from ID

Jaroslav Abbé Libánský

* 1952

Charter 77 signatory, The underground, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial

Childhood

Adolf Lisý

* 1949

Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”

Zdeněk Macháček, a portrait

Zdeněk Macháček

* 1925 †︎ 2020

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Forced labour during the WW2, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 2 more anniversaries

Štěpán Málek, graduation photo, 1984

ak. soch. Mgr. Štěpán Málek

* 1966

Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground, Artists and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Jaroslav Malík in a contemporary photo (1990s)

Master of Fine Arts Jaroslav Malík

* 1957

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Artists

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Josef Maraczi in the late 1980s

Josef Maraczi

* 1955

Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, Artists, Anti-communist rebel

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

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