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

Jaroslav Šedivý, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1997)

PhDr. Jaroslav Šedivý

* 1929 †︎ 2023

Diplomat, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Boy Scouts, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Jiří Šedivý in 2024

Jiří Šedivý

* 1947

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jiří Šedivý in 2024

armádní generál Ing. Jiří Šedivý

* 1953

Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

In the 1950s

PhDr. Dušan Sedláček

* 1934

Diplomat, Historian, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

František Sedláček, graduation photo, 1970

František Sedláček

* 1951

Dissident, Catholic clerical, Friars, Witness of local events from the Communist era

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Bořivoj Sedláček as 18 years old

Ing. Bořivoj Sedláček

* 1927

Croatia, Czech minority in the former Yugoslavia, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, The Partisan, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ervín Sedláček, 1942

Ervín Sedláček

* 1928

People helping Jews during WWII, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

Karel Sedláček as a radio announcer, 1960

Karel Sedláček

* 1941

Journalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Writer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, A cultural celebrity and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 5 more anniversaries

Identifikační fotografie ze spisu StB

Vojtěch Sedláček

* 1947

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, A cultural celebrity

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Witness Emil Sedlačko in his youth

Emil Sedlačko

* 1945

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Anti-communist rebel, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

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