17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

17. 11. 1989-29. 12. 1989

Barbora Stejskalová in 1954

Barbora Stejskalová

* 1948

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Lubomír Štencl, 1990

Ing. Lubomír Štencl

* 1939

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 4 more anniversaries

Marie Štěňhová

Marie Štěňhová

* 1923

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

Petr Štěpán in 2019

Petr Štěpán

* 1950

Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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

Contemporary portrait photograph of Václav Štěpán

Václav Štěpán

* 1935 †︎ 2023

Historian, A secret police collaborator, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

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

Zdeněk Štěpán, a graduation photo, 1957

Zdeněk Štěpán

* 1939

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 3. 1945 Bombing of České Budějovice, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r and 2 more anniversaries

Václav Štěpánek as 18 years old

Doc. PhDr. Václav Štěpánek Ph.D.

* 1959

Environmentalist, Historian, Journalist, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, Vznik nezávislého odborové hnutí Solidarita, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1992 - 1995 Bosnian War

Alena Štěpánková Veselá in a photograph by František Drtikol (1931)

Professor Alena Štěpánková Veselá

* 1923

Holocaust, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Scientist and 2 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Daniela Štěpánová in 2020

Daniela Štěpánová

* 1934

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 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

Karel Štěpánovský, foreign military mission in former Yugoslavia, 1993

Lieutenant Colonel (ret.) Karel Štěpánovský

* 1949

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, War veteran after 1989

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1991 - 1995 - Croatian War of Independence, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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