Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia

Political prisoners

Portrait of Pavel Horák in 1977

Pavel Horák

* 1954 †︎ 2024

Environmentalist, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vladimír Hučín in youth

Vladimír Hučín

* 1952

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 1 more categories

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

Václav Hybler as a young man

Václav Hybler

* 1947

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Sr. Oľga Iváková - 1990s

Oľga Iváková

* 1955

Member of an Illegal Church, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Friars, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Josef Janczik

Josef Janczik

* 1928

Participant in antifascist resistance, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Representative of the Church, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989 and 1 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

M. Janda in 1951 after he has graduated from high school

Miroslav Janda

* 1929 †︎ 2009

Agent of the western secret services (cold war), Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

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

Radomír Janhuba in the 1980s

Ing. Radomír Janhuba

* 1954

Member of an Illegal Church, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Jaroslav Javorský wearing the "freedom hat", 2022

Jaroslav Javorský

* 1947

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Political prisoner, Literature in exile

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Josef Jedlička

* 1923 †︎ 2022

The Partisan, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Boy Scouts, Sokol, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Jiří Jelínek in 2019

Jiří Jelínek

* 1967

Dissident, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Anti-communist rebel, Charter 77 signatory

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

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