21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

21. 8. 1968

When Emil Soukup celebrated the first Prime Mass in the Church of St. Bartholomew in Pilsen on July 1, 1962

Monsignor Emil Soukup

* 1939

Clergymen, Catholic clerical, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Life along the Iron Curtain

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia and 1 more anniversaries

Jiří Soukup in 2019

MUDr. Jiří Soukup

* 1953

Politician, 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

Karel Soukup in 1955

Karel Soukup

* 1937

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

20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 3 more anniversaries

Jan Soukup in 1966

Ing. arch. Jan Soukup

* 1946

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Jiří Soukup circa 80 years old

Jiří Soukup

* 1927 †︎ 2021

Sokol, The Sportsmen, Farmer

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, Studentské pochody na Pražský hrad

Václav Soukup

Václav Soukup

* 1941

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

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 2022 - full scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Jana Soukupová with her daughter Lucie, 1982

Jana Soukupová

* 1958

Journalist, Radio Free Europe, A cultural celebrity

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 1 more anniversaries

Danuše Soumarová's high school graduation portrait.

MUDr. Danuše Soumarová

* 1922 †︎ 2024

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

july 1938 - X. sokol slet's, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 2 more anniversaries

Jiří Sova (right) in 1975 when returning from skiing

Mgr. Jiří Sova

* 1960

Politician, Boy Scouts, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Art and censorship, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jela Sovová as a young girl

Jela Sovová

* 1944

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, The Partisan, Anti-communist rebel, Participant in antifascist resistance, Sokol and 2 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering and 6 more anniversaries

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