1989 - The fall of the iron curtain | Memory of Nations

Lenka Šmerdová, 2022

Brigadier General (ret.) Lenka Šmerdová

* 1964

Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, 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

Martin Šmíd in 2023

RNDr., PhD Martin Šmíd

* 1970

The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Descendant of a Holocaust survivor

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Jiří Šnajdr.JPG (historic)

Jiří Šnajdr

* 1933 †︎ 2021

Dissident, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Relative of a political prisoner, 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, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ladislav Snopko

Ladislav Snopko

* 1949

Environmentalist, Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity and 1 more categories

21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Marie Sobolová in 1947

Marie Sobolová

* 1943

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 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, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 1 more anniversaries

Eržika Sojková in 1967

Eržika Sojková

* 1949

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Memory of vanished settlements, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Life along the Iron Curtain

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Jan Soldán -1981

Jan Soldán

* 1966

Anti-communist rebel, Charter 77 signatory, The underground, Relative of a political prisoner, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 1 more categories

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Jan Solpera in the 1980s

Professor Jan Solpera

* 1939

Communist official, Journalist, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 5 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 3. 1945 Bombing of České Budějovice, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis and 7 more anniversaries

Věra Sosnarová – a copy of a photo made by Soviets in 1964

Věra Sosnarová

* 1931 †︎ 2024

Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - Arrests of Russian émigrés by the agents of SMERSH, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Ondřej Soukup as a student of the Moscow History and Archive Institute, Moscow, 1988

Ondřej Soukup

* 1971

Ukraine, Russia, Historian, Journalist

Perestroika, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 2022 - full scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine

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