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Viktor Spousta and Zdena Žárská at the premiere of Havel's play The Beggar's Opera in 1975

Viktor Spousta

* 1944

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, A cultural celebrity

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 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

In the town of Otrokovice in 1983

Jaroslav Spurný

* 1955

Dissident, Journalist, Charter 77 signatory, The underground, Anti-communist rebel

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

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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, 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

Jitka Srovnalová

Mgr. Jitka Srovnalová

* 1953

Dissident, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Relative of a political prisoner, 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, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation and 5 more anniversaries

Josef Štágr as a singer in the second half of the 1960s

Josef Štágr

* 1950

Witness of local events from the Communist era, University professor, A cultural celebrity

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 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

Olga Stankovičová

Olga Stankovičová

* 1945 †︎ 2011

Charter 77 signatory, A cultural celebrity, Relatives of important personalities

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

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, Dispersal of Plastic People and DG 307 concert in Rudolfov

Luboš Starý in 2023

Luboš Starý

* 1955

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 2 more anniversaries

Miloš Štědroň circa 2000

Professor, PhDr. Master of Fine Arts Miloš Štědroň CSc.

* 1942

Art and censorship, University professor, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, Perestroika, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”

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