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Zdenka Štolcová in 1946

Zdenka Štolcová

* 1932

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Jiří Strádal in 2024

Ing. Jiří Strádal

* 1943

Victim of forced relocation, Déclassé, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Alexander Štrba during eyd recording in 2022

Alexander Štrba

* 1946

Historian, Holocaust, Writer

1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 27. 1. 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camp Auschwitz, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 3 more anniversaries

Jiří Středa in the 1970s

Jiří Středa

* 1956

Chechens, Dissident, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing and 7 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial and 3 more anniversaries

Jiří Stuchlý

Jiří Stuchlý

* 1943

Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

With Harmonica

Stanislav Štýs

* 1930

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Vladimír Suchánek (1943)

Vladimír Suchánek

* 1933 †︎ 2021

Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák and 11 more anniversaries

Jaroslav Šula / around 1966

Ing. Jaroslav Šula

* 1948

Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ladislav Šupka in his eleventh year of school.

Ing. Ladislav Šupka

* 1940

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death and 7 more anniversaries

Čestmír Suška during filming

Čestmír Suška

* 1952

Art and censorship, Artists

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

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