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Bedřich Stigler

Bedřich Stigler

* 1960

Boy Scouts, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

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, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r

Josef Štogr in 2023

Josef Štogr

* 1957

Dissident, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, Palach Week, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Stanislav Stojaspal in his youth

Stanislav Stojaspal

* 1958

Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Eva Štolbová - childhood 1

Mgr. Eva Štolbová

* 1935

A cultural celebrity, Radio Free Europe, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Soutěž Příběhy 20. století

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Karel Stoll during graduation ceremony, 1957

Ing., CSc First Lieutenant Karel Stoll

* 1933

Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Boy Scouts, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 1 more anniversaries

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

Ivan Stránský around 1976

Ivan Stránský

* 1946

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Politician

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

Oldřich Stránský

Oldřich Stránský

* 1921 †︎ 2014

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Holocaust, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Theresienstadt Ghetto

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 3 more anniversaries

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Doc. Václav Stratil

* 1950

A cultural celebrity, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Art and censorship, Artists

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

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

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