Stories of the 20th century

Post Bellum SK

Documentation project of Post Bellum SK that was funded by the Europe for Citizens Programme.

Lt. Col. Štefan Jangl near the bridge built by Slovaks near the eastern Slovak village of Berak, 1997

Štefan Jangl

* 1955

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, National minorities, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, War veteran after 1989, University professor

1991 - 1995 - Croatian War of Independence, 1992 - 1995 Bosnian War

Vladislav Janiš

Vladislav Janiš

* 1954

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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

Albín Jankulík as a soldier

Ing. Albín Jankulík

* 1935

Memory of vanished settlements, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Participant in the Slovak national uprising

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 3 more anniversaries

P3030032 orezané profil.jpg (historic)

Ján Janok

* 1929 †︎ 2019

Catholic clerical, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Friars

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks

Police officer

Karol Janoštiak

* 1938

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Jaroslav Janota, shortly before basic military training, 1991.

Ing. Sergeant Jaroslav Janota

* 1972

National minorities, The relative of a political prisoner, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship

30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Ľudovít Jaššík

Ľudovít Jaššík

* 1932

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Prom photo

PhDr. Kateřina Javorská

* 1949

National minorities

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Milena Jelinek in her youth, approximately 1959

Milena Jelinek

* 1935 †︎ 2020

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship, The underground and 1 more categories

19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r

Witness Franjo Jelušić in 2022

Franjo Jelušić

* 1922

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