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

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

Jozef Studenič

* 1951

Politician, Relatives of important personalities, The Sportsmen, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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

Antonín Šurýn

* 1946

A warder in a communist prison

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

Alena Šustková (Nimsová)

Alena Šustková

* 1941

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

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Photo from the witness's teaching years in Hradec Králové - sometime after 1970

Vladimíra Sůvová

* 1940

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Writer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Monika Švábová in 1964

Master of Fine Arts Monika Švábová

* 1946

Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists, A cultural celebrity and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

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