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

Gabriela Soukalová-Svobodová at the World Ski Championship in Falun, Sweden in 1974. She was competing under her maiden name, Sekajová at the time.

Gabriela Soukalová - Svobodová

* 1953

The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, 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

When Emil Soukup celebrated the first Prime Mass in the Church of St. Bartholomew in Pilsen on July 1, 1962

Monsignor Emil Soukup

* 1939

Clergymen, Catholic clerical, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia and 1 more anniversaries

Jiří Soukup in 2019

MUDr. Jiří Soukup

* 1953

Politician, 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

Karel Soukup in 1955

Karel Soukup

* 1937

Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Sokol

20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 3 more anniversaries

Jan Soukup in 1966

Ing. arch. Jan Soukup

* 1946

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Jiří Soukup circa 80 years old

Jiří Soukup

* 1927 †︎ 2021

Sokol, The Sportsmen, Farmer

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, Studentské pochody na Pražský hrad

Václav Soukup

Václav Soukup

* 1941 †︎ 2024

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Art and censorship, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 2022 - full scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Jana Soukupová with her daughter Lucie, 1982

Jana Soukupová

* 1958

Journalist, Radio Free Europe, A cultural celebrity

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 1 more anniversaries

Danuše Soumarová's high school graduation portrait.

MUDr. Danuše Soumarová

* 1922 †︎ 2024

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

july 1938 - X. sokol slet's, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 2 more anniversaries

Jiří Sova (right) in 1975 when returning from skiing

Mgr. Jiří Sova

* 1960

Politician, Boy Scouts, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Art and censorship, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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