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

Jiřina Strednanská as Julka in the theater performance Inkognito of the director J. Palárik

Jiřina (Georgia) Stredňanská

* 1930 †︎ unknown

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Journalist, Radio Free Europe

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 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 and 2 more anniversaries

Miroslav Střída during his army service

Miroslav Střída

* 1936

Relative of a political prisoner, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Victim of forced relocation, Sokol, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

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, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering and 1 more anniversaries

Alena Strnadová

MUDr. Alena Strnadová

* 1933

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Pavel Štrobl about 1988

Ing. Pavel Štrobl

* 1963

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

Ladislav Stromcek

Ladislav Stromček

* 1960 †︎ 2021

Representative of the Church

25.3.1988 Candle demonstration in Bratislava, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Eduard Strouhal in 80s

Eduard Strouhal

* 1928 †︎ 2025

Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

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

Libor Stržínek

Libor Stržínek

* 1958

Art and censorship, The underground

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Detail from the return after the expedition to Northern Manasulu, Jan Štursa, 1979

Dr. Jan Štursa

* 1943

Environmentalist, 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, 1990 - 1991 - Odsun sovětských vojsk z Československa

Markéta Suchá in Malostranské square in Prague

Markéta Suchá

* 1953

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 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, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

Graduation photo, 1961

Professor Jiří Suchomel

* 1944

University professor, Artists, Witness of local events from the Communist era

20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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