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

Shortly before August 1968

Petr Šída

* 1944

Relatives of important personalities, 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

David Šidlák, 1980s

David Šidlák

* 1964

Dissident, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, Výjimečný stav v Polsku and 3 more anniversaries

Jindřich Šídlo as a student and speaker of the Grammar School on the Victory Plain, November 1989

Jindřich Šídlo

* 1972

Journalist, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era

Palach Week, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Karol Sidon

Rabbi Karol Sidon

* 1942

Representative of the Church, Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, A cultural celebrity, National minorities and 8 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 2 more anniversaries

Mária Šidová - before arrest (50´s)

Mária Šidová, rod. Almássyová

* 1937

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

Contemporary photograph by Jiří Šigut taken around the year 2000

Jiří Šigut

* 1960

Sudeten Germans, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists

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

Lubomír in 1941

Lubomír Šik

* 1928

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

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

Miroslav Šik at five years of age

Miroslav Šik

* 1953

Emigrant, Communist official, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 4 more anniversaries

Jiřina Šiklová

* 1935 †︎ 2021

Dissident, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Charter 77 signatory, Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 4 more categories

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 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, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation and 3 more anniversaries

Čestmír Šikola Jr.

Čestmír Šikola ml.

* 1949

Relative of a political prisoner, Relatives of important personalities, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Participant in antifascist resistance, Sokol and 1 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities and 4 more anniversaries

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