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).

Heřman Chromý, 2017

Heřman Chromý

* 1947

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Charter 77 signatory, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Diplomat, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu and 3 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 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

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Miroslav Chudej

* 1962

The underground

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

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Lubor Chvalovský

* 1933

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Relatives of important personalities

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Jaroslav Čihař, in a miner's uniform, 1951

Jaroslav Čihař

* 1935

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, July 7, 1961 - fire in the mine Dukla

20 - the witness at the age of eighteen

Blanka Císařovská

* 1927 †︎ 2022

Dissident, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Art and censorship, Scientist

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin and 3 more anniversaries

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Peggy Croydon roz. Štědrá

* 1930 †︎ 2020

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Illegal border crossing, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, National minorities and 3 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps and 3 more anniversaries

Portrait photo II. - 2017

Jaroslav Cuhra

* 1936 †︎ 2024

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Relative of a political prisoner, Relatives of important personalities, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 4 more anniversaries

Zdenko F. Daneš

Zdenko F. Daneš

* 1920 †︎ 2023

Participant in antifascist resistance, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Stanislav Devátý

* 1952

Dissident, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Charter 77 signatory, Hidden people, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 24. 4. 1978 – Formation of Committee for the Defence of the Unjustly Prosecuted, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime and 1 more anniversaries

Lubor Dohnal

Meir Lubor Dohnal

* 1938

Charter 77 signatory, A cultural celebrity, Holocaust, Boy Scouts, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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