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Milada Šimčíková as Mařenka in The Bartered Bride

Milada Šimčíková

* 1900 †︎ 1989

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, A cultural celebrity

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 10. 6. 1942 – Destruction of Lidice

Professor, PhDr. Soňa Šimková

* 1944 †︎ 2024

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, University professor, A cultural celebrity

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

Jaromír Šimonek

Ing. Jaromír Šimonek

* 1945 †︎ 2021

Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Déclassé, Relatives of important personalities, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army and 5 more categories

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 3 more anniversaries

Petr Šimr after returning from the war, 1968-1969

Petr Šimr

* 1947

Journalist, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation and 1 more anniversaries

Zbyšek Sion in Brno, 1956

academic painter Zbyšek Sion

* 1938 †︎ 2025

Dissident, Art and censorship, Artists, Political prisoner in WW2, Relative of a political prisoner and 5 more categories

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence and 5 more anniversaries

Karel Šírek

Karel Šírek

* 1962

The underground, Dissident, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 1 more categories

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

As a young woman

Olga Šišková

* 1929

A cultural celebrity

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

Petr Škabrada in 2024

Petr Škabrada

* 1962

Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 1 more categories

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

Dušan Skála - a photo of that time

Dušan Skála

* 1954

Dissident, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 3 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 24. 4. 1978 – Formation of Committee for the Defence of the Unjustly Prosecuted

dobové foto.jpg (historic)

Joska Skalník

* 1948

Dissident, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground and 4 more categories

24. 2. 1949 – Formation of the Czechoslovak Union of Youth, 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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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