Witnesses starting with letter J

Jiří Jírů, maturita photo, Prague 1964

Jiří Jírů

* 1946

A cultural celebrity, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18 December 2011 Václav Havel died

Little Milena Jirušová, early 1950s

Milena Jirušová

* 1948

Sokol, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Jaroslav Jiskra, 1968

Jaroslav Jiskra

* 1952

Historian, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Václav Jiterský on the 6th of June 2015

Václav Jiterský

* 1927 †︎ 2016

Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , March 1945 - the occupation of Upper Silesia by the Soviet army, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR and 2 more anniversaries

Eva Joachimová, November 1968

Eva Joachimová

* 1954

Dissident, Politician, Relative of a political prisoner, Charter 77 signatory, Writer and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ja v LMS[1]..jpg (historic)

Sotiris Joanidis

* 1939 †︎ 2021

National minorities, Greek minority in former Czechoslovakia, Greece

Jana Jobová in 2021

Jana Jobová

* 1944

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jaroslav Jochec in 2022

Jaroslav Jochec

* 1946

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

21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

At the aviation day in Hradec Králové, Jiří Jogl and Pavel Špilka won the joint top prize (probably 1998)

Jiří Jogl

* 1953

Border Guards, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Zdeněk Johan in 2013

Zdeněk Johan

* 1935

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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