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Jan Steklík

* 1938 †︎ 2017

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

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

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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

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

Eva Střížková

Mgr. Eva Střížková

* 1935

Political prisoner in WW2, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Journalist, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 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, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps and 1 more anniversaries

Vladimír Suchánek (1943)

Vladimír Suchánek

* 1933 †︎ 2021

Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák and 11 more anniversaries

Graduation photo, 1961

Professor Jiří Suchomel

* 1944

University professor, Artists, Witness of local events from the Communist era

20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Čestmír Suška during filming

Čestmír Suška

* 1952

Art and censorship, Artists

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Monika Švábová in 1964

Master of Fine Arts Monika Švábová

* 1946

Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists, A cultural celebrity and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

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”

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