1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age | Memory of Nations

Václav Stieber in 2020

Václav Stieber

* 1936

Lawyer, Illegal border crossing, Relative of a political prisoner

26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Josef Stingl as a boy at the swimming pool in Hraničná

Prof. MUDr., CSc. Josef Stingl

* 1940

Victim of forced relocation, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Border Guards, Memory of vanished settlements

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 4 more anniversaries

Jaromir Stojan (*1929)

Jaromír Stojan

* 1929

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witness of local events from the Communist era, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 22. 8. 1963 – Start of court restitutions, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Actor's career

Vladimír Stoklasa

* 1933 †︎ 2017

A cultural celebrity

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Ludmila Stoklásková, 1990s

Ludmila Stoklásková

* 1937

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jan Ston in 2023

Jan Ston

* 1942

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

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, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Marie Štráchalová (1952)

Marie Štráchalová

* 1946

Illegal border crossing, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Karel Straka

Karel Straka

* 1933

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Sister Bonifácie in 2014

Anežka Stránská

* 1925

Friars, Relative of a political prisoner, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, People helping Jews during WWII, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 1 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns

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Jiří Stránský

* 1931 †︎ 2019

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions) and 3 more categories

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime

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