A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee | Memory of Nations

Marta Sturt at the age of nineteen. Graduation photograph

Marta Sturt

* 1928

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Miloš's portrait from late 1950s

Miloš Šuchma

* 1940

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Jindřich Suchý, photo of the file, 1983, KR 17207 VKR

Jindřich Suchý

* 1945

Agent of the western secret services (cold war), A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia

Jaroslav Suk 1979, photo by Jan Bednář

Jaroslav Suk

* 1948

Charter 77 signatory, Dissident, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Journalist, Victim of forced relocation and 5 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

Šupa Josef 1957

Monsignor, ThDr. Josef Šupa

* 1937

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 24. 2. 1949 – Formation of the Czechoslovak Union of Youth, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia

Ivana Šustrová in 2022

Ivana Šustrová

* 1948

Supporter of Czechoslovak dissent from a western country, Germany, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Journalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

Jan Svačina - 1946

Jan Svačina

* 1926 †︎ 2014

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

František Svátek in 1974

František Svátek

* 1945

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, Palach Week, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Švec Emil

Emil Švec

* 1925 †︎ 2010

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee and 1 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Květoslav Švihla in emigration in the USA

Květoslav Švihla

* 1933

Agent of the western secret services (cold war), A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel

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