The Journalist

In the town of Otrokovice in 1983

Jaroslav Spurný

* 1955

Dissident, The Journalist, Charter 77 signatory, The underground

17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Václav Štěpánek as 18 years old

Doc. PhDr. Václav Štěpánek Ph.D.

* 1959

Environmentalist, Historian, The Journalist, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, Vznik nezávislého odborové hnutí Solidarita, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1992 - 1995 Bosnian War

Václav Straka, 1944, Chomondeley

Václav Straka

* 1914 †︎ 2011

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, The Journalist, Charter 77 signatory, Veteran of WW2, western front

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1940 - The Battle of France, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk and 3 more anniversaries

Jiřina Strednanská as Julka in the theater performance Inkognito of the director J. Palárik

Jiřina (Georgia) Stredňanská

* 1930

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, The Journalist, Radio Free Europe

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 2 more anniversaries

Dobovy portret.jpg (historic)

Ernest Stredňanský

* 1930 †︎ 2017

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, The Journalist, Radio Free Europe, Art and censorship

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

Eva Střížková

Mgr. Eva Střížková

* 1935

Political prisoner in WW2, Theresienstadt Ghetto, The Journalist, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 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, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps and 1 more anniversaries

With her third child in 1975

Petruška Šustrová

* 1947 †︎ 2023

Dissident, The Journalist, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Charter 77 signatory

18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Period portrait of Pavel Švanda

Professor Pavel Švanda

* 1936

The Journalist, The relative of a political prisoner, Writer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu and 2 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Bohumil Svoboda

PhDr. Bohumil Svoboda

* 1924 †︎ 2020

Member of an Illegal Church, The Journalist, Politician, Writer, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school and 3 more categories

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Witness in 1979

PhDr. Pavel Taussig

* 1949 †︎ 2023

Holocaust, The Journalist, Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Veteran of WW2, western front

21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

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