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Jiří Šalamoun

Jiří Šalamoun

* 1935 †︎ 2022

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists, A cultural celebrity

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Michal Šaman, a portrait

Mgr. Michal Šaman

* 1965

The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Life along the Iron Curtain

19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 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, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Master of Fine Arts Jaroslav Šaroun

* 1943 †︎ 2021

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Jan Schejbal at a Moravian folklore festival, 1980

Jan Schejbal

* 1960

Art and censorship, The underground

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1990 - 1991 - Odsun sovětských vojsk z Československa

Edvard Schiffauer in mid-1960s

Edvard Schiffauer

* 1942

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, A cultural celebrity, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

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, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Tomas Schilla during filming, 2025

Mgr. Tomáš Schilla

* 1958

The Plastic People of the Universe, Dissident, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground and 3 more categories

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, Palach Week, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime and 2 more anniversaries

Olga 1951

Olga Schmidtová

* 1926 †︎ 2021

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Foto PS Jugend.jpg (historic)

Pavel Schnabel

* 1946

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

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

Jiří Schneider in 2022

Ing. Jiří Schneider

* 1963

Diplomat, Politician, Relative of a political prisoner, Art and censorship

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Vladimír Schulz shortly after his emigration in 1983

Ing. Vladimír Schulz

* 1953

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Illegal border crossing, Repatriated, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories and 6 more anniversaries

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