Palach Week

15. 1. 1989-21. 1. 1989

On Sunday, 15 January 1989, representatives of independent initiatives attempted to honour the memory of Jan Palach on Wenceslas Square. The then security forces brutally intervened against them and all those present. Further demonstrations followed, again brutally repressed.

Portrait, 2018

JUDr. Martin Svoboda

* 1968

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

Palach Week

Jiří Trnka in 2021

Jiří Trnka

* 1971

Dissident, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět and 2 more anniversaries

Tomas Vesely, circa 1958

Tomáš Veselý

* 1940

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Hidden people

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, Palach Week

Otakar Veverka in 2022

Otakar Veverka

* 1956

Dissident, Journalist, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Anti-communist rebel, Charter 77 signatory and 3 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, Palach Week and 2 more anniversaries

Radomir Vitek

Radomír Vítek

* 1961

Charter 77 signatory, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 25.3.1988 Candle demonstration in Bratislava, Palach Week

Josef Žanta, 2019

Josef Žanta

* 1932

Charter 77 signatory, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 9. 1948 – Funeral of President Edvard Beneš, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin and 6 more anniversaries

Michael Žantovský in 2022

Michael Žantovský

* 1949

Diplomat, Holocaust, Journalist, Writer, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, Palach Week, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 18 December 2011 Václav Havel died

Jakub Železný 2014

PhDr. Jakub Železný

* 1973

The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 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, Palach Week

Václav Žufan during the period of underground in Klatovy in 1980

Václav Žufan

* 1960

Dissident, Anti-communist rebel, Charter 77 signatory, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, The underground

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 2 more anniversaries

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