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

17. 11. 1989-29. 12. 1989

Rolando Saumell (1980s)

Rolando Saumell

* 1963

Cuba, Emigrant, Illegal border crossing, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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

Vladimír Savčinský during the preparations for events in 1989

Vladimír Savčinský

* 1963

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

Lubomír Sazovský / Ostrava / June 2019

Lubomír Sazovský

* 1956

Boy Scouts, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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

Charlotte Scharfová (sitting second from the bottom right) in a primary school in her native Albrechtice, turn of the 1940s and 1950s

Charlotte Scharfová

* 1938

Relative of a political prisoner, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 2 more anniversaries

Jan Schejbal at a Moravian folklore festival, 1980

Jan Schejbal

* 1960

Art and censorship, The underground

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1990 - 1991 - Odsun sovětských vojsk z Československa

Kurt Schmidt, 1970´s

Kurt Schmidt

* 1936

People helping Jews during WWII, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Secret police informer, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 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

Róbert Schmidt

* 1968

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

As a soldier, ca. 1956

Rudolf Schmidt

* 1935

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Hana Schmidtová

Hana Schmidtová

* 1950

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, 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

Annelies Schölerová as a schoolgirl

Annelies Schölerová

* 1943

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

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

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