25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral

25. 1. 1969

Wedding photo of Anna Röschová, née Zítkové, from December 5, 1981

Mgr. Anna Röschová

* 1951

Lawyer, Politician, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime and 3 more anniversaries

Milan Rosenkranc, filming for Memory of Nation, Ústí nad Labem, March 2024

Mgr. Milan Rosenkranc

* 1949

Historian, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witness of local events from the Communist era

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence, 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 and 6 more anniversaries

Růžena Růžičková Sanicola

* 1944

Emigrant, National minorities, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945 and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral

Jan Sapák v roce 1976-1977

Ing., Arch. Jan Sapák

* 1957

Politician, Radio Free Europe, Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 4 more anniversaries

David Šidlák, 1980s

David Šidlák

* 1964

Dissident, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, Výjimečný stav v Polsku and 3 more anniversaries

Oskar Georg Siebert, 1940s

Oskar Georg Siebert

* 1942

Germany, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Writer, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 2 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jiřina Šiklová

* 1935 †︎ 2021

Dissident, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Charter 77 signatory, Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 4 more categories

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation and 3 more anniversaries

Jaromír Šimonek

Ing. Jaromír Šimonek

* 1945 †︎ 2021

Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Déclassé, Relatives of important personalities, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army and 5 more categories

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 3 more anniversaries

Jan Sláma, early 1970s

Jan Sláma

* 1941

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

František Srovnal-Zábřeh,1965

František Srovnal

* 1947

Dissident, Anti-communist rebel

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, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 31. 10. 1967 – Spontaneous student demonstration in Prague and 4 more anniversaries

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