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František Stefanides, 1973

František Stefanides

* 1942

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Relative of a political prisoner, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ondřej Šteffl, 1976

RNDr., CSc. Ondřej Šteffl

* 1954

Holocaust, Relative of a political prisoner, Life along the Iron Curtain

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Danuše Stehlíková, 2023

Danuše Stehlíková

* 1942

Dissident, Relative of a political prisoner, Charter 77 signatory, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

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

Miroslav Stejskal with his wife

Colonel (ret.) Miroslav Stejskal

* 1927

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Petr Štěpán in 2019

Petr Štěpán

* 1950

Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, 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, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

Her parents in 1945

Eva Štěpánková

* 1948

Communist official, National minorities, Déclassé, Relative of a political prisoner

20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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

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

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

Václav Stieber in 2020

Václav Stieber

* 1936

Lawyer, Illegal border crossing, Relative of a political prisoner

26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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