University professor

Hana Nová during a graduation ceremony (1973)

JUDr. Hana Nová

* 1949

Holocaust, University professor

1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jozef Novák (1993)

Prof. PhDr., DrSc. Jozef Novák

* 1930

Historian, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, University professor

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

Marie Nováková in 1980s

Marie Nováková

* 1934

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Industrial settler in border region in 60', Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

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

Richard Nový at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo

doc. Ing.,CSc. Richard Nový

* 1937

The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, University professor

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague

Aleš Opatrný, 1964

Mons. doc. Ing. Mgr. Aleš Opatrný , Th.D.

* 1944

Representative of the Church, Vicar without State agreement, Catholic clerical, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 2 more categories

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

Paul Ort during an expedition in the Amazon, 1962

MUDr. Professor, MUDr. Paul Ort

* 1936

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Illegal border crossing, Political prisoner in WW2 and 7 more categories

24. 10. 1942 - poprava 261 československých odbojářů v KT Mauthausen, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Witness Peter Osuský during eye direct recording

MUDr. Peter Osuský

* 1953

Politician, Relatives of important personalities, University professor

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Eduard Ovčáček / Ostrava 1951

Professor Eduard Ovčáček

* 1933 †︎ 2022

Charter 77 signatory, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 2 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Martin Palouš in 2020

Doc. RNDr. Martin Palouš Ph.D.

* 1950

Diplomat, Dissident, Czech community in the US, Politician, Relative of a political prisoner and 4 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial and 11 more anniversaries

Pasternák Ivan

Ivan Pasternák

* 1944

Holocaust, Victim of forced relocation, Hidden people, University professor

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

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