Life along the Iron Curtain

Jan Dvořák

* 1973

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Detail of a photograph from a private forbidden board (1974)

PhDr. Jiří Dvořák

* 1955

Historian, People helping Jews during WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, University professor, Life along the Iron Curtain

26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Bohuslava Dvořáková in 2021

Bohuslava Dvořáková

* 1936

Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Memory of vanished settlements, Repatriated, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1951 - creation of the restricted border area along the Czechoslovakian border with Western Germany and Austria, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 1 more anniversaries

Josef Eder, 1962

Josef Eder

* 1940

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Déclassé, Politician, A secret police collaborator, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 2 more anniversaries

Lída Engelová with her brother Tomáš, National Theatre, 1970

Lída Engelová

* 1944

Art and censorship, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

Marta Ernyeiová, b. 1962

Marta Ernyeiová

* 1944

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

Josef Falář after finishing the air defence school in 1958

PhDr. Lieutenant Colonel (ret.) Josef Falář CSc.

* 1936

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Communist official, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 4 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 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 10 more anniversaries

A demonstration on the square in Domažlice in the week after November 17, 1989

MUDr. Hynek Faschingbauer

* 1961

Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Jan Fechtner as a deck-hand in 1961

Jan Fechtner

* 1946

Internační tábor Svatobořice u Kyjova, Déclassé, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Nobility and 3 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, 9. 5. 1962 – An extensive amnesty, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Photo from the graduating class at the Pedagogical Secondary School

Mgr. Aleš Fetters

* 1933

Boy Scouts, Life along the Iron Curtain

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 22. – 29. 4. 1956 – 2nd Congress of Czech Writers, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”

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