Memory of nations (in co-production with Czech television)

Česká televize

The recordings in this project were created on the basis of a co-production agreement concluded between Post Bellum o.p.s. and Czech Television. Further use of the recordings is possible only upon consultation with the chair of audio-visual projects of Post Bellum, Viktor Portel (viktor.portel@postbellum.cz, +420 605 858 396). The recordings were taken on two movie cameras in a mobile TV studio, using the Eye Direct technology.

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Contact: Viktor Portel (viktor.portel@postbellum.cz, +420 605 858 396).

Věra Čáslavská, 2016

Věra Čáslavská

* 1934

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial

František Ringo Čech

František Ringo Čech

* 1943

A cultural celebrity, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship

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

Jiřina Čechová ED

Jiřina Čechová

* 1937

Dissident, Historian, Charter 77 signatory, The underground

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 6 more anniversaries

Libuše in 1957

Mgr. Libuše Černá

* 1953

A cultural celebrity, The underground, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Member of an Illegal Church, Journalist and 1 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r

Milan Černoch

Ing. Milan Černoch

* 1930

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Černý Albert Antonín

Albert Antonín Černý

* 1937

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Dissident, Charter 77 signatory

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, 5. 4. 1968 – Formation of KAN (Club of Active Non-partisans)

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Jan Čeřovský

* 1930 †︎ 2017

Secret police informer, Boy Scouts, Diplomat, Scientist

17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Jaroslav Chnápko in 2016

Jaroslav Chnápko

* 1956

Dissident, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Charter 77 signatory, Art and censorship, The underground and 1 more categories

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Historic portrait photo

Silvestra Chnápková

* 1954

Dissident, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Charter 77 signatory, Art and censorship, The underground and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Portrait

Doc. PhDr., CSc. Radomír Choděra

* 1925 †︎ unknown

Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Statistics: 18428 Witnesses the Database; 10297 Witness Stories; 19312 Registered Researchers; 153299 Photos; 62259 Clips