Anti-communist rebel | Memory of Nations

Josef Slanina in his youth

Josef Slanina

* 1921 †︎ 2017

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel

Julián Slepecký in 1950

Colonel (ret.) Julián Slepecký

* 1928

National minorities, Forced labour during the WW2, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

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

Ladislav Šmejkal year 2007

Ladislav Šmejkal

* 1933 †︎ 2008

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Representative of the Church

Stanislav Šmic in 2017

Stanislav Šmic

* 1927 †︎ 2023

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel

Jan Soldán -1981

Jan Soldán

* 1966

Anti-communist rebel, Charter 77 signatory, The underground, Relative of a political prisoner, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 1 more categories

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Mojmíra Soldátová in 2016

Mojmíra Soldátová

* 1924 †︎ unknown

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel

Sergěj Solovjev after he was released from prison

Sergěj Solovjev

* 1924 †︎ 2021

Agent of the western secret services (cold war), Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 9. 1948 – Funeral of President Edvard Beneš, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners and 1 more anniversaries

Helena Sosnová (2021), current photograph

Helena Sosnová

* 1959

Dissident, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Politician, Anti-communist rebel, Charter 77 signatory and 1 more categories

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Alexandra Součková shortly after her release

Alexandra Součková

* 1935

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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