17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period | Memory of Nations

In the town of Otrokovice in 1983

Jaroslav Spurný

* 1955

Dissident, Journalist, Charter 77 signatory, The underground, Anti-communist rebel

17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Jaroslav Spurný during the compulsory military service

Jaroslav Spurný

* 1938

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Portrait of Magda Štajnochrová painted by her father around 1943

Master of Fine Arts Magda Štajnochrová

* 1941

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Ludmila Stáňová in her graduation year, 1964

Ludmila Stáňová

* 1946

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, 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, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia and 2 more anniversaries

Luboš Starý in 2023

Luboš Starý

* 1955

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 2 more anniversaries

Magda, portrait, Stropkov, 1962

Magdalena Stefanová

* 1945

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Milan Stejskal in 1952

Ing. Milan Stejskal

* 1936

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 5 more anniversaries

Lubomír Štencl, 1990

Ing. Lubomír Štencl

* 1939

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 4 more anniversaries

Witness - Jozef Štibrányi

Jozef Štibrányi

* 1940

National minorities, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, The Sportsmen, Art and censorship, The Army of the Protectorate Bohemia-Moravia and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 10 more anniversaries

M. Stingl 1948

PhDr. Miloslav Stingl

* 1930 †︎ 2020

Underage political prisoners, Writer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 9. - 10. 11. 1938 Crystal Night, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

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