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

Dagmar Strnadová, 2023

Dagmar Strnadová

* 1956

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Politician

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

Rudolf Štrobl, student

Ing., CSc Rudolf Štrobl

* 1934

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Helena Strublová aged 14

Helena Strublová

* 1932

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

19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Jaroslava Struková, 1950s

MUDr. Jaroslava Struková

* 1932

National minorities, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Member of an Illegal Church and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 5 more anniversaries

Milan Štryncl in 1942

Milan Štryncl

* 1938

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Sokol, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, Death marches 1944-1945, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Peter Stuchlík with his sister Katrin on a holiday in Bulgaria, 1964

Peter Stuchlík

* 1958

Scientist, People helping Jews during WWII, Writer, 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, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Jaroslav Stuchlý (en)

Jaroslav Stuchlý

* 1926

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jaroslav Šturma with children, 1974

PhDr. Jaroslav Šturma

* 1944

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

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

Detail from the return after the expedition to Northern Manasulu, Jan Štursa, 1979

Dr. Jan Štursa

* 1943

Environmentalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1990 - 1991 - Odsun sovětských vojsk z Československa

Věra Styblíková in 1949

Věra Styblíková

* 1934

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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