1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 | Memory of Nations

Petr Štembera - portrait

Petr Štembera

* 1945

A cultural celebrity, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou and 1 more anniversaries

Václav Štěpánek as 18 years old

Doc. PhDr. Václav Štěpánek Ph.D.

* 1959

Environmentalist, Historian, Journalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

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Barbora Štěpánová

* 1959

Relatives of important personalities, Charter 77 signatory

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 18 December 2011 Václav Havel died

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Jarmila Stibicová

* 1933 †︎ 2025

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory

18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jaromir Stojan (*1929)

Jaromír Stojan

* 1929

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witness of local events from the Communist era, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 22. 8. 1963 – Start of court restitutions, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Václav Straka, 1944, Chomondeley

Václav Straka

* 1914 †︎ 2011

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, 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

Oldřich Stránský

Oldřich Stránský

* 1921 †︎ 2014

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Holocaust, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Theresienstadt Ghetto

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 3 more anniversaries

Drahomír Strnadel in 1944

Drahomír Strnadel

* 1941

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jiří Suchan at Sovinec, the 1980s

Jiří Suchan

* 1961

Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Antonín Šurýn

* 1946

A warder in a communist prison

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

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