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

17. 11. 1989-29. 12. 1989

Josef Štogr in 2023

Josef Štogr

* 1957

Dissident, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship, The underground, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, Palach Week, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Stanislav Stojaspal in his youth

Stanislav Stojaspal

* 1958

Boy Scouts, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Ludmila Stoklásková, 1990s

Ludmila Stoklásková

* 1937

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 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

Antonín Strachota during filming for Paměť národa, Zlín, 12th of March 2022

PaedDr. Colonel Antonín Strachota

* 1949

Relatives of important personalities, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Bedridden Libuše Vinařová around 1950

Libuše Straková

* 1930

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 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

František Stránský, 1970s

František Stránský

* 1946

Relatives of important personalities, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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

Oldřich Stránský

Oldřich Stránský

* 1921 †︎ 2014

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Holocaust, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Theresienstadt Ghetto

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 3 more anniversaries

The witness in the Hviezda cinema in Bratislava at the assembly of students of the Faculty of Arts, Comenius University, November 24, 1989

Mgr. Boris Strečanský

* 1967

The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Jiří Středa in the 1970s

Jiří Středa

* 1956

Chechens, Dissident, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing and 7 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial and 3 more anniversaries

Current photo

Professor Jindřich Štreit

* 1946

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Art and censorship, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Artists, A cultural celebrity

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

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