Witnesses starting with letter Č

Milan Čejka

Milan Čejka

* 1948

Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Her graduation, 1977

MUDr. Hana Čejková

* 1952

Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Young soldier

academic painter Miloslav Čelakovský

* 1937

A cultural celebrity, Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Art and censorship

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou and 2 more anniversaries

Zdena Čellárová in a wedding photo

Zdena Čellárová

* 1940

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 24. 2. 1949 – Formation of the Czechoslovak Union of Youth and 2 more anniversaries

Věra Čeňková before transport

Věra Čeňková

* 1926

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Holocaust, Theresienstadt Ghetto

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

Čepeláková Kamila.jpg (historic)

Kamila Čepeláková

* 1931

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Zdeněk Čepelík on a trip in Špindlerův Mlýn

Zdeněk Čepelík

* 1956

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Alena Čepelková during an expedition to the Soviet Pamir Mountains, 1983

Ing. Alena Čepelková

* 1953

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Young witness

Anna Čepelová

* 1924 †︎ 2021

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Farmer

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Cesta z Německa přes Klenčí fotografie s J. Jindři (historic)

Věra Čepelová

* 1935 †︎ 2023

The Children of Lidice

10. 6. 1942 – Destruction of Lidice, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories

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