17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída | Memory of Nations

Jan Slezák in the 1980s

Jan Slezák

* 1961

Politician

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, Palach Week

At the priestly ordination, 1983

Monsignor Václav Slouk

* 1957

Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Martin Šmíd at the time of graduation, 1988

Martin Šmíd

* 1970

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Martin Šmíd in 2023

RNDr., PhD Martin Šmíd

* 1970

The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Descendant of a Holocaust survivor

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

"A killed student" Martin Šmíd

PhDr. Milan Šmíd

* 1944

Relative of a political prisoner, Journalist

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Jana Weinerová Šmídová in 1968

Jana Šmídová

* 1949

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Journalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Descendant of a Holocaust survivor

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster

Bride Alice Šmotková

Alice Šmotková, roz. Molíková

* 1933

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 9. 5. 1962 – An extensive amnesty and 2 more anniversaries

Jan Solpera in the 1980s

Professor Jan Solpera

* 1939

Communist official, Journalist, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 5 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 3. 1945 Bombing of České Budějovice, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis and 7 more anniversaries

Jan Šolta, 1980s

Ing. Jan Šolta , CSc.

* 1946

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Jiří Sopko

Jiří Sopko

* 1942

Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

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