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

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

Zdenek Susa as a paramedic teaching first aid, 1972

MUDr. Zdeněk Susa

* 1942

Dissident, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Ivana Šustrová in 2022

Ivana Šustrová

* 1948

Supporter of Czechoslovak dissent from a western country, Germany, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Journalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

With her third child in 1975

Petruška Šustrová

* 1947 †︎ 2023

Dissident, Journalist, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Charter 77 signatory, Anti-communist rebel

18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion 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

Petr Švestka zamlada

Petr Švestka

* 1959

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Emigrant, Boy Scouts and 2 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

Pavel Svítil in 1975

MUDr. Pavel Svítil

* 1955

Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era

6.-13. 12. 1980 Operation Krkonoše, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

A soldier Ludek Svoboda

Luděk Svoboda

* 1933

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Petr Sýkora in the 1980s

Bachelor Petr Sýkora

* 1966

Member of an Illegal Church, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 26.8. 1980 Solidarity strike in Wroclaw , 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

In 1988, working in the studio. Photo Miroslav Kukla

Lenka Sýkorová

* 1957

Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists, A cultural celebrity, Art and censorship

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”

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