Artists | Memory of Nations

Josef Ruszelák in 2016 in front of his painting Hostýnské nebe

Josef Ruszelák

* 1938

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, 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

Period portrait of Jan Ságl, mid-1960s

Jan Ságl

* 1942

The Plastic People of the Universe, Emigrant, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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

Otto Fidor with his mother Otilia Fidor, 1952

Ing., Arch. Otto Schneider

* 1952

Relative of a political prisoner, Artists, Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 22. 8. 1963 – Start of court restitutions, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Alena Schulzová (2020), current photography

Alena Schulzová

* 1954

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground, Artists and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial

Marie Michaela Šechtlová, 1978 (en)

Marie Michaela Šechtlová

* 1952

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists, Relatives of important personalities, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 4 more anniversaries

School portrait, first or second grade

Mgr. Ivo Sedláček

* 1961

Art and censorship, Artists, A cultural celebrity

Ludmila Seefried-Matějková in 1960s

Ludmila Seefried-Matějková

* 1938

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Victim of forced relocation, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989 and 4 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

Adolescent Viktor Sefcik

Viktor Šefčík

* 1960

Artists

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

Jan Sekal

* 1948

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

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