Art and censorship

Oldřich Selucký, 1970s

Mgr. Oldřich Selucký

* 1955

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner, Writer, Art and censorship, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Z. Šesták in 1950

Zdeněk Šesták

* 1925

Forced labour during the WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 3 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 7 more anniversaries

Michal Sevruk during his studies at the Academy of Music, 1976

Michal Sevruk

* 1950

Volhynian Czechs, Art and censorship

1932 - 1933 - Holodomor - Great famine in Ukraine, 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Arjana Shameti in 2024

Mgr. Arjana Shameti

* 1959

Foreigner living in Czechoslovakia before the year 1989, Art and censorship, Witness of local events from the Communist era

Karol Sidon

Rabbi Karol Sidon

* 1942

Representative of the Church, Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, A cultural celebrity, National minorities and 8 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 2 more anniversaries

Contemporary photograph by Jiří Šigut taken around the year 2000

Jiří Šigut

* 1960

Sudeten Germans, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jiřina Šiklová

* 1935 †︎ 2021

Dissident, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Charter 77 signatory, Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 4 more categories

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, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation and 3 more anniversaries

Portrait

Master of Fine Arts Rudolf Sikora

* 1946

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Dušan Šimánek in 2021

Dušan Šimánek

* 1948

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Witness at Magdalena Kocábová's wedding, June 1979

ThMgr. Helena Šimková

* 1957

The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, Non-Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 3.10.1990 - Reunification of Germany

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