21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime | Memory of Nations

Martin Šimsa in 1984

Mgr. PhDr., PhD. Martin Šimsa

* 1959

Human Rights Defender, Member of an Illegal Church, Dissident, Vicar without State agreement, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989 and 11 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Josef Sládek in the band Svoz řepy, mid 80s

ak. soch. Josef Sládek ArtD.

* 1964

A cultural celebrity, The underground, Art and censorship, Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime

Petr Slezák during his military service in the Border Guard Unit 8842 in Cheb, 1982

Petr Slezák

* 1964

Anti-communist rebel, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Jan Slezák in the 1980s

Jan Slezák

* 1961

Politician

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, Palach Week

In Civic Forum, Pardubice 1990

Mgr. Pavel Šmíd

* 1952 †︎ 2021

Dissident, Journalist, Radio Free Europe, Writer, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school and 5 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Pavel Šoltys as a child in his favourite park in Petřín, 1950s

Pavel Šoltys

* 1951

United Kingdom, United States of America, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing and 2 more categories

25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

Ondřej Soukup as a student of the Moscow History and Archive Institute, Moscow, 1988

Ondřej Soukup

* 1971

Ukraine, Russia, Historian, Journalist

Perestroika, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 2022 - full scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine

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

young Martina Špinková, 1983

Martina Špinková

* 1959

Dissident, Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts, Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Tomáš Šponar, 1988

Tomáš Šponar

* 1968

The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, 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, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime

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