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Jarmila Stibicová

* 1933 †︎ 2025

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory

18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Josef Štogr in 2023

Josef Štogr

* 1957

Dissident, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, Palach Week, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Jiří Středa in the 1970s

Jiří Středa

* 1956

Chechens, Dissident, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing and 7 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial and 3 more anniversaries

Petr Strnadel, early 80s

Petr Strnadel

* 1966

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

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

Jindřich Suchánek na dobové fotografii

Jindřich Suchánek

* 1954

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r and 2 more anniversaries

Vladimír Suchánek 1955

docent PhDr. Vladimír Suchánek

* 1949

Dissident, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime

Jaroslav Suk 1979, photo by Jan Bednář

Jaroslav Suk

* 1948

Charter 77 signatory, Dissident, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Journalist, Victim of forced relocation and 5 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

Zdenek Susa as a paramedic teaching first aid, 1972

MUDr. Zdeněk Susa

* 1942

Dissident, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

With her third child in 1975

Petruška Šustrová

* 1947 †︎ 2023

Dissident, Journalist, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Charter 77 signatory, Anti-communist rebel

18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Anna Švehláková in 2022

MUDr. Anna Švehláková

* 1955

Member of an Illegal Church, Dissident, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks and 8 more anniversaries

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