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Jiří Stivín in the late 1940s

Jiří Stivín

* 1942

Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

Josef Štogr in 2023

Josef Štogr

* 1957

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

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, Palach Week, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

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Doc. Václav Stratil

* 1950

A cultural celebrity, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Art and censorship, Artists

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Jiří Středa in the 1970s

Jiří Středa

* 1956

Chechens, Dissident, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing and 7 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial and 3 more anniversaries

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Ernest Stredňanský

* 1930 †︎ 2017

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Journalist, Radio Free Europe, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Current photo

Professor Jindřich Štreit

* 1946

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Art and censorship, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Artists, A cultural celebrity

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

Petr Strnadel, early 80s

Petr Strnadel

* 1966

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

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

Miroslav Štrobl during his military service, 1965

Miroslav Štrobl

* 1946

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

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

Portrét z roku 1944

Jana Štroblová

* 1936 †︎ 2025

Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Writer

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence

Libor Stržínek

Libor Stržínek

* 1958

Art and censorship, The underground

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

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