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Miroslav Šlechta

* 1928

Holocaust, Non-Catholic clerical, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Soutěž Příběhy 20. století, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, july 1938 - X. sokol slet's, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia

Mária Slodičáková

Mária Slodičáková

* 1933

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

At the priestly ordination, 1983

Monsignor Václav Slouk

* 1957

Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Portrait of V. Sloup in the studion during the filming

Vladislav Sloup

* 1950

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Svědci Jehovovi, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

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

Rudolf Smahel in 1977 (this photo was used on a postcard, sent by Amnesty International to Gustav Husak to make him stop the trial)

Rudolf Smahel

* 1950

Dissident, Representative of the Church, Vicar without State agreement, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation and 1 more anniversaries

Ladislav Šmejkal year 2007

Ladislav Šmejkal

* 1933 †︎ 2008

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Representative of the Church

sr. Bonaventúra Terézia Šmídová - 70´s

Bonaventúra Terézia Šmídová

* 1954

Dissident, Friars, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Member of an Illegal Church, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25.3.1988 Candle demonstration in Bratislava

Jaroslava Smolková - 2011

Jaroslava Egidie Smolková

* 1924 †︎ 2014

Friars, Forced labour during the WW2, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Victim of forced relocation

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks

Jiří Šnajdr.JPG (historic)

Jiří Šnajdr

* 1933 †︎ 2021

Dissident, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Marie Sněhotová, ca.1990

Marie Sněhotová

* 1938

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, July 17 to 31 Process Buchal a spol., 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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