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Vladimír Škoda in 2016

Vladimír Škoda

* 1942

Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Artists, University professor

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jaroslav Skopal at the age of two in Košice around 1938-1939

Jaroslav Skopal

* 1936

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Tomáš Škopek in 2025

Tomáš Škopek

* 1942

Déclassé, Parašutisté vycvičení během druhé světové války ve Velké Británii, Participant in antifascist resistance, Sokol, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 22. 8. 1963 – Start of court restitutions, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 1 more anniversaries

Graduation photo of Zdeňka Rejhonová (married Skoumalová), 1951

PhDr., DrCs. Zdeňka Skoumalová

* 1932 †︎ 2020

Victim of forced relocation, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Scientist

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death

Ludmila Skřivanová, born Veverková, period portrait, Prague 1973

Ludmila Skřivanová

* 1944

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Journalist, Déclassé, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR) and 9 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 3 more anniversaries

Zdeněk Slabý 1948

PhDr. Zdeněk Slabý

* 1930 †︎ 2020

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

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 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

Jan Sláma, early 1970s

Jan Sláma

* 1941

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Anna Slanina

Anna Slanina

* 1952

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Vladimír Šlapeta on the Vltava River, "Stalin" in the background, 1961

Prof. Ing. arch. Vladimír Šlapeta , DrSc.

* 1947

Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Lubomír Šlechta in 1940

Lubomír Šlechta

* 1930 †︎ 2026

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

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 4 more anniversaries

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