Stories of the 20th century

Post Bellum SK

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

witness Emil Letko just after the end of II. World War II, photographed before the memorial to the victims of World War I in Selce

Emil Letko

* 1933

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising

Ivan Letko 3

Ivan Letko

* 1934 †︎ 2024

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

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Elena Letňanová during a concert in the American city of Dayton (1989)

Elena Letňanová

* 1942

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Relatives of important personalities, Writer, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu and 3 more categories

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral and 2 more anniversaries

Juliana Libári during the EYD recording

Julianna Libári

* 1943

Hungary, Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, Victim of forced relocation, Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Nataša Lichnerová-Dekanová as basketball player for ČSSR

Nataša Lichnerová, rod. Dekanová

* 1949

The Sportsmen, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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

Marta Lickova, 2018

Marta Ličková, rod. Sluková

* 1926 †︎ 2020

The relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, A cultural celebrity

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

Marta Lihotská (50´s)

Marta Lihotská, rod. Kobelová

* 1933

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Dissident, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989 and 3 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners and 3 more anniversaries

Portrait 2

Peter Lipa

* 1943

Holocaust, Hidden people, A cultural celebrity

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Katarína as a high school student.

Mgr. Katarína Lokšová-Ráczová

* 1950

Holocaust, People helping Jews during WWII, Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, National minorities, The Sportsmen

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 26.8.-11.9.1972 - Summer Games of the XX Olympiad , Munich , 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Witness Mladen Lolić in 2022

Mladen Lolić

* 1928

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