21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops | Memory of Nations

As a teenager

Zora Rysová

* 1947

Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, Palach Week

Jaroslav Ryvol in the 1960s

Jaroslav Ryvol

* 1930

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Victim of forced relocation, Border Guards, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague and 6 more anniversaries

Helena Rýznarová, 1951

Helena Rýznarová

* 1936

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia and 1 more anniversaries

older photograph

Ľudovít Sabadoš

* 1937

Illegal border crossing, Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Sáblík Radoslav

Radoslav Sáblík

* 1924 †︎ 2015

Communist official, The topic of security forces before 1989

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Oto Šacher, 1961

Oto Šacher

* 1941

Relative of a political prisoner, 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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Graduation photograph, 1955

Mgr. Ludmila Sadilová

* 1937

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Marie Šafandová in 2023

Mgr. Marie Šafandová

* 1943

National minorities, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, Death marches 1944-1945, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou and 3 more anniversaries

Marie Tauerová (1944)

Marianne Šafaříková

* 1926 †︎ 2017

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Memory of vanished settlements, Life along the Iron Curtain

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories

Vlasta Šafránková

* 1928

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

2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 3 more anniversaries

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