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Aleš Svoboda, 1975

Aleš Svoboda

* 1956

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

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

Jiří Svoboda, 2025

Prof. Jiří Svoboda

* 1945

Communist official, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

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

Miroslav Svoboda in 1976

Miroslav Svoboda

* 1962

Literature in exile, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground, Life along the Iron Curtain and 1 more categories

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

Tomáš Svoboda, 1980s

Tomáš Svoboda

* 1947

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

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Jitka Svobodová, 2016

Jitka Svobodová

* 1941 †︎ 2023

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, 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

Karel Syka in the 1970's

Mgr. Karel Syka

* 1949 †︎ 2022

Art and censorship, Artists, A cultural celebrity

16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

In 1988, working in the studio. Photo Miroslav Kukla

Lenka Sýkorová

* 1957

Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists, A cultural celebrity, Art and censorship

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 , 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”

Pavel Taťoun, 1975

Pavel Alexander Taťoun

* 1954

The Plastic People of the Universe, Dissident, Communist official, Déclassé, Relatives of important personalities and 9 more categories

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 4 more anniversaries

Ivan Theimer, 2016

Ivan Theimer

* 1944

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Art and censorship, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Tomas Tichak, 1978

Tomáš Tichák

* 1957

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Art and censorship, The underground, Dissident, Journalist

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

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