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Jaroslav Adámek as a train driver

Jaroslav Adámek

* 1953

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

The witness is anonymized

Petro* Anonymous

* 1974

Ukraine, Human Rights Defender, Human Rights Defender in Ukraine

Ukraine in 1990-s., The Orange Revolution of 2004, The Revolution of Dignity (21.11. 2013 – 22.02. 2014), 2022 - full scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine

Štěpán Benda, 1957

Ing. Štěpán Benda

* 1940

Relatives of important personalities, A secret police agent, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Marie Čálková, 1940s

Marie Čálková

* 1927

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Relative of a political prisoner

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jaroslav Čapek in 1980-photo taken by the Austrian police during an application for political asylum

Mgr. Jaroslav Čapek

* 1949

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, 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

Honorary meeting of the Sokol members

Hana Hortová

* 1933

Sokol, A cultural celebrity

Lubor Maťa in 2024

Lubor Maťa

* 1960

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground, A cultural celebrity

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Ing. Kateřina (Katrin) Novotná

* 1947

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner

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

Karel Petrlík with aunt Kateřina Jungová, 1956

Karel Petrlík

* 1949

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Ilja Stern, late 1980s

Ilja Stern

* 1960

Déclassé, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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