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

Josef Sotona in 2019.

Josef Sotona

* 1950

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

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

A film by Jindřich Souček from the general strike in Český Dub, November 27, 1989

Master Sergeant (ret.) Jindřich Souček

* 1932 †︎ 2024

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, 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, 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

Miloslav Souček

Miloslav Souček

* 1931

Relative of a political prisoner, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

František Soucha (en)

František Soucha

* 1933

30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Věra Součková, 80s

Věra Součková

* 1939

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

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

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