30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval | Memory of Nations

Viktor Spousta and Zdena Žárská at the premiere of Havel's play The Beggar's Opera in 1975

Viktor Spousta

* 1944

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, A cultural celebrity

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Rudolf Šrámek during filming, 2024

Professor, PhDr. Rudolf Šrámek , CSc.

* 1934

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist, University professor

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 3 more anniversaries

Dušan Srb pictured in the second half of the 1950s

Dušan Srb

* 1941

The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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

Dagmar Simkova (Srovnalova). He was shot in 1943 during forced deployment in Germany.

Dagmar Srovnalová

* 1924 †︎ 2017

Member of Orel, Forced labour during the WW2, Victim of forced relocation, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 5. 1945 - vypálení Javoříčka

Igor (Eli) Stahl, 1948

Eli Stahl

* 1934

National minorities, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 29 August 1944 - Release of Jews from the Nováky concentration camp

Portrait of Magda Štajnochrová painted by her father around 1943

Master of Fine Arts Magda Štajnochrová

* 1941

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Anna Stančíková (Bachanová) at St Anthony’s in Blatnice dress

Anna Stančíková

* 1934

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Ludmila Stáňová in her graduation year, 1964

Ludmila Stáňová

* 1946

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia and 2 more anniversaries

Graduation photo, 1960

Christine Stark (rod. Starková)

* 1942

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Victim of forced relocation, Relatives of important personalities

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Witness at the age of 15. The photo was used for the legitimation at Bata Works

Drahomíra Stehlíková

* 1922

Bata school Graduate, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

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