The Sportsmen

Gabriela Soukalová-Svobodová at the World Ski Championship in Falun, Sweden in 1974. She was competing under her maiden name, Sekajová at the time.

Gabriela Soukalová - Svobodová

* 1953

The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, 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

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

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

Dana Beldová, married name Spálenská, at the 1968 Grenoble Winter Olympics

Dana Spálenská

* 1950

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

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

As a young man

Antonín Španinger

* 1926 †︎ 2010

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), The Sportsmen

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Josef Šperka

Josef Šperka

* 1927 †︎ 2018

The Sportsmen, Bata school Graduate

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

Josef Srnský (right) with his co-driver, actor Pavel Nový, 1987

Josef Srnský

* 1946

The Sportsmen, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, 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

Jiří Štancl

Jiří Štancl

* 1949

The Sportsmen

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

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

Hockey poster on the occasion of Father's Day - Peter Šťastný with sons in hockey gear, June 2005

Peter Šťastný

* 1956

The Sportsmen, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

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