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

Ivan Sloboda Manchester in 1972

Ivan Sloboda

* 1946

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, People helping Jews during WWII, Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, Participant in the Slovak national uprising, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Bohuslava Slobodová in 1944

Bohuslava Slobodová

* 1934

Victim of forced relocation, Repatriated, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Miloš Slonek, 1972, State Security file

Miloš Roman Slonek

* 1947

Emigrant, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

At the priestly ordination, 1983

Monsignor Václav Slouk

* 1957

Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Jan Sovencak before emigration

Ján Slovenčák

* 1955

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Life along the Iron Curtain, Illegal border crossing

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Blanka Slunečková in 1963

Blanka Slunečková

* 1944

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

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

Rudolf Smahel in 1977 (this photo was used on a postcard, sent by Amnesty International to Gustav Husak to make him stop the trial)

Rudolf Smahel

* 1950

Dissident, Representative of the Church, Vicar without State agreement, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation and 1 more anniversaries

František Šmajcl, ED

František Šmajcl

* 1953

Boy Scouts

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

Stanislav Šmatlák, 2016

Stanislav Šmatlák

* 1950

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Helga Smékalová (Deutschová)

Helga Smékalová

* 1930

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Israel/Palestine and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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