Stories of the 20th Century TV

Post Bellum / Hlavní město Praha

The recordings were taken on two movie cameras in a mobile TV studio, using the Eye Direct technology.

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Jiří Línek in 2021

Ing. Jiří Línek

* 1948

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR)

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

Adolf Linka - contemporary photo

Adolf Linka

* 1919 †︎ 2014

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Wehrmacht soldier and 1 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Lidka Lisá in 2022

Professor, MUDr. Lidka Lisá , DrSc.

* 1933

Scientist, University professor, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Relative of a political prisoner

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral

Jindra Lisalová (on the left) with her mother, probably 1963

RNDr. Jindra Lisalová

* 1952

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, University professor

Likvidace starého Mostu, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Erika during the wartime (her laces were white powdered, as only black were available)

Ing. Erika Lischková

* 1939

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 2 more anniversaries

Cotemporary photography

Anežka Lišková

* 1933

Relative of a political prisoner

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Litomiská Barbara, 1959

Bachelor Barbara Litomiská

* 1953

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

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

Jan Litomisky, 80'

Ing. Jan Litomiský

* 1943

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Dissident, Politician, Farmer

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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jaroslav Lobkowicz

Jaroslav Lobkowicz

* 1942

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Déclassé, Politician, Nobility

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Otokar Löbl during Eye Direct recording in Prague, 2022

Otokar Löbl

* 1950

Germany, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Journalist, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Sudeten Germans

1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

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