14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death | Memory of Nations

Jaroslav Šunkůj, in his youth, probably 1946

Jaromír Šimkůj

* 1930

Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 4 more anniversaries

Graduation photo of Zdeňka Rejhonová (married Skoumalová), 1951

PhDr., DrCs. Zdeňka Skoumalová

* 1932 †︎ 2020

Victim of forced relocation, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Scientist

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death

Jana's photograph from the graduation board. 1959

Jana Soferová

* 1939

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jan Soukop during military service with the PTP, 1950s

Jan Soukop

* 1931

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Farmer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Jaroslava Št'astná, photo from her graduation photo board, 1959

Jaroslava Šťastná

* 1942

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

14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

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

Jiřina (Georgia) Stredňanská

* 1930 †︎ unknown

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, 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

Ladislav Šupka in his eleventh year of school.

Ing. Ladislav Šupka

* 1940

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death and 7 more anniversaries

Jindřiška Švajdová - the first holy communion in Luzice

Jindřiška Švajdová

* 1939

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Sokol, Soutěž Příběhy 20. století, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 24. 2. 1949 – Formation of the Czechoslovak Union of Youth, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death and 5 more anniversaries

Anna Švehláková in 2022

MUDr. Anna Švehláková

* 1955

Member of an Illegal Church, Dissident, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks and 8 more anniversaries

Jan Svoboda with grandmother Božena, 1945

Jan Svoboda

* 1945

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin and 1 more anniversaries

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