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

17. 11. 1989-29. 12. 1989

Portrait Marie Stárková, year 1954

Marie Stárková

* 1935

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

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, July 17 to 31 Process Buchal a spol., 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Jan Startl, 1956

Ing. Jan Startl

* 1938

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

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák and 1 more anniversaries

Luboš Starý in 2023

Luboš Starý

* 1955

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 2 more anniversaries

Miloš Starý at the age of twenty-five (1970s)

Miloš Starý

* 1954

The Sportsmen, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Artists

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

Emilie Šťastná (en)

Emilie Šťastná

* 1947

Relative of a political prisoner, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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

M. Šťastná - old photo

Marie Šťastná

* 1922

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Friars, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989

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, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Jaroslav Stastny during studies at JAMU

Jaroslav Šťastný

* 1946

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

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

Jan Stavěl in 2023

MUDr. Jan Stavěl

* 1952

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, 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

František Stefanides, 1973

František Stefanides

* 1942

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Relative of a political prisoner, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ondřej Šteffl, 1976

RNDr., CSc. Ondřej Šteffl

* 1954

Holocaust, Relative of a political prisoner, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

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