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Oldřich Selucký, 1970s

Mgr. Oldřich Selucký

* 1955

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner, Writer, Art and censorship, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

Vladimír Šiler probably in 1968

Vladimír Šiler

* 1950

Representative of the Church, Non-Catholic clerical, Anti-communist rebel, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 1 more categories

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

Jana Šilerová / 1974

Jana Šilerová

* 1950

Representative of the Church, Non-Catholic clerical, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Life along the Iron Curtain

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Gerhard Simchen, 2024

Gerhard Simchen

* 1945

Germany, Illegal border crossing, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Monika Simchen, Zittau, 2024

Monika Simchen

* 1949

Germany, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria

Tomáš Skála in the workshop

Tomáš Skála

* 1970

Border Guards, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

Helena Skleničková, graduation from Secondary Medical School, 1953

PhDr. Helena Skleničková

* 1936

Art and censorship, Life along the Iron Curtain

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jan Sovencak before emigration

Ján Slovenčák

* 1955

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Life along the Iron Curtain, Illegal border crossing

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Jaroslav Smetana

* 1939 †︎ 2023

Border Guards, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Bohumila Šmolíková, née Pytlíková’s wedding photo, 1954

Bohumila Šmolíková

* 1934

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou and 5 more anniversaries

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