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

21. 8. 1968

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

Jiří Štěpnička, a portrait

Jiří Štěpnička

* 1947

Relative of a political prisoner, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

Oldřich Stergelis in 2022

Oldřich Stergelis

* 1957

Border Guards, 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

sternova dobovy orez.jpg (historic)

Alena Sternová

* 1925 †︎ unknown

Representative of the Church, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, People helping Jews during WWII and 1 more categories

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial and 2 more anniversaries

Anna Stibalová in 2022

Anna Stibalová

* 1956

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster

contemporary photo

Marie Stiborová roz. Slouková

* 1932 †︎ 2022

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Martin Štifter as student

Martin Štifter

* 1949 †︎ 2023

Politician, Boy Scouts

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

Bedřich Stigler

Bedřich Stigler

* 1960

Boy Scouts, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r

František Štika

* 1948

Romania, Czechs from Banat, National minorities, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 12. 1989 - 24-25. 12. 1989 - The Romanian revolution

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