17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia | Memory of Nations

Martin Schulz (late 1970s)

Martin Schulz

* 1954 †︎ 2020

Dissident, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Journalist, Radio Free Europe, Anti-communist rebel

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ondřej Schulz

* 1974

Relative of a political prisoner, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vladimír Schulz shortly after his emigration in 1983

Ing. Vladimír Schulz

* 1953

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Illegal border crossing, Repatriated, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories and 6 more anniversaries

Miloš Schütz in 2023

Miloš Schütz

* 1942

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Stanislav Schwarz in a Sokol uniform (1938)

Stanislav Schwarz

* 1934

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Sokol, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 5 more anniversaries

Karel in his youth

Karel Schwarzenberg

* 1937 †︎ 2023

Diplomat, Dissident, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Czech community in the US and 9 more categories

23.8.1939 - Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 10 more anniversaries

Jiří Ščobák

* 1970

National minorities, Writer, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Volhynian Czechs

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, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

PhDr. František Šebej , CSc.

* 1947

Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jaroslav Šebek, 2016

Jaroslav Šebek

* 1955

Boy Scouts, 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, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák

Michal Šebeň in his youth

Ing. Michal Šebeň

* 1931 †︎ 2023

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, People helping Jews during WWII, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Déclassé, Writer and 3 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 2 more anniversaries

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