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Ladislav Snopko

Ladislav Snopko

* 1949

Environmentalist, Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity and 1 more categories

21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Bobo Sobotka in a period photo

Bobo Sobotka

* 1956

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

Hynek Sobotka in his youth

Hynek Sobotka

* 1943

Art and censorship

1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis

Milan Sobotka in 2023

Professor PhDr. Milan Sobotka , CSc., Dr.h.c.

* 1927 †︎ 2024

Sokol, Writer, Art and censorship, Scientist, University professor and 1 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

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Božena Šochová

* 1924

Forced labour during the WW2, Art and censorship

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 24. 2. 1949 – Formation of the Czechoslovak Union of Youth, 22. 8. 1968 – Extraordinary congress (the “Vysočany Congress”) of KSČ

Jaromír Šofr playing the saxophone

Professor Master of Fine Arts Jaromír Šofr

* 1939

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Lumír Sokol and his band Oscar band

Lumír Sokol

* 1959 †︎ 2021

Art and censorship, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

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

Historical photo

Václav Sokol

* 1938

Charter 77 signatory, A cultural celebrity, Relatives of important personalities, Journalist, Sokol and 3 more categories

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 2 more anniversaries

Věra Sokolová in 1942

PhDr. Věra Sokolová

* 1931

People helping Jews during WWII, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, University professor and 1 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 2 more anniversaries

End of military basic service (1961)

PhDr. Václav Soldát

* 1941

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 3 more anniversaries

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