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

Jan Škrabánek, 1969

Jan Škrabánek

* 1950

Emigrant, Radio Free Europe, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Vratislav Škráček in PTP

Vratislav Škráček

* 1930

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Edeltraud Molzerová (Slabáková)

Edeltraud Slabáková

* 1940

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Wehrmacht soldier, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Anna Slanina

Anna Slanina

* 1952

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

PhDr. Milena Slavická

* 1949

Emigrant, Relative of a political prisoner, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation and 2 more anniversaries

Rudolf Smahel in 1977 (this photo was used on a postcard, sent by Amnesty International to Gustav Husak to make him stop the trial)

Rudolf Smahel

* 1950

Dissident, Representative of the Church, Vicar without State agreement, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation and 1 more anniversaries

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

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