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Ramón Saúl Sánchez, Miami 2017

Ramón Saúl Sánchez

* 1954

Cuba, Dissident, Cuban Dissident, Cuban Exile

13 de Marzo Tugboat Sinking, Cuba after 1959

Tomas Schilla during filming, 2025

Mgr. Tomáš Schilla

* 1958

The Plastic People of the Universe, Dissident, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground and 3 more categories

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, Palach Week, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime and 2 more anniversaries

Martin Schulz (late 1970s)

Martin Schulz

* 1954 †︎ 2020

Dissident, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Journalist, Radio Free Europe, Anti-communist rebel

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Karel in his youth

Karel Schwarzenberg

* 1937 †︎ 2023

Diplomat, Dissident, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Czech community in the US and 9 more categories

23.8.1939 - Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 10 more anniversaries

František Sedláček, graduation photo, 1970

František Sedláček

* 1951

Dissident, Catholic clerical, Friars, Witness of local events from the Communist era

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Identifikační fotografie ze spisu StB

Vojtěch Sedláček

* 1947

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, A cultural celebrity

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ilja Šedo secretly photographed by a State Security Service member in March 1984

PhDr. Ilja Šedo

* 1951

Dissident, Border Guards, Charter 77 signatory, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

doborvá seifert.jpg (historic)

Rudolf Seifert

* 1960

Dissident, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Journalist, 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, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

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Mgr. Irena Seifertová

* 1964

Dissident, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Journalist, Politician

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Šetlík Jiří 2015

Doc. PhDr., CSc. Jiří Šetlík

* 1929 †︎ 2023

Dissident, A cultural celebrity, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Relative of a political prisoner, Diplomat and 2 more categories

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

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