Memory of nations (in co-production with Czech television)

Česká televize

The recordings in this project were created on the basis of a co-production agreement concluded between Post Bellum o.p.s. and Czech Television. Further use of the recordings is possible only upon consultation with the chair of audio-visual projects of Post Bellum, Viktor Portel (viktor.portel@postbellum.cz, +420 605 858 396). The recordings were taken on two movie cameras in a mobile TV studio, using the Eye Direct technology.

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Contact: Viktor Portel (viktor.portel@postbellum.cz, +420 605 858 396).

Sousedík Tomáš současná.jpg (historic)

Tomáš Sousedík

* 1943

The Sportsmen, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 22. 8. 1968 – Extraordinary congress (the “Vysočany Congress”) of KSČ

Vivienne Soyková

PhDr. Vivienne Soyková

* 1945

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, The relative of a political prisoner

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Alexander Speiser as a child around 1941/42

Alexander Speiser

* 1928

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, National minorities, Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945, Israel/Palestine and 3 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

"After Sokol, I started to visit Boy Scout." 1939

Otto Šplíchal

* 1929

Bata school Graduate, Relatives of important personalities, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts, Sokol

20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

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Pavel Šremer

* 1946

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Politician, Charter 77 signatory, Scientist, Environmentalist

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 10. 1967 – Spontaneous student demonstration in Prague, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r and 1 more anniversaries

František Srovnal-Zábřeh,1965

František Srovnal

* 1947

Dissident

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

Alena Staňková in 1942

Alena Staňková

* 1939

Internační tábor Svatobořice u Kyjova, The Children of Svatobořice, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

František Stárek in 1952

František Stárek

* 1952

Dissident, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, The underground, A cultural celebrity

1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, Rozehnání koncertu Plastic People a DG 307 v Rudolfově

Hana Sternlicht

Hana Sternlicht

* 1930

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, National minorities, Israel/Palestine and 5 more categories

july 1938 - X. sokol slet's, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1948 Arab–Israeli War and 1 more anniversaries

František Straka (2015)

František Straka

* 1950

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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