March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin | Memory of Nations

Countess Marie Alžběta Salmová, 1937

Marie Alžběta Salmová

* 1931 †︎ 2022

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, People helping Jews during WWII, Déclassé and 4 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin and 3 more anniversaries

Michal Sevruk during his studies at the Academy of Music, 1976

Michal Sevruk

* 1950

Volhynian Czechs, Art and censorship

1932 - 1933 - Holodomor - Great famine in Ukraine, 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Yvonne Sieberová in Prague after returning from the Terezín ghetto, 1945

Yvonne Sieberová

* 1938

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Witness of local events from the Communist era

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin

Rudolf Skaunic in his first year at university (1954)

Rudolf Skaunic

* 1934 †︎ 2022

Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin

Maria Soldjatjuk - 2010

Maria Soldaťjuková

* 1935

Relative of a political prisoner, Czech minority in the former USSR, Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, Ukrainians in the GULAG, 1944 - 1990, Ukraine

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, Ukrainian insurgent movement 1930–1950 and 3 more anniversaries

Jan Soukup in 1966

Ing. arch. Jan Soukup

* 1946

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Rudolf Šrámek during filming, 2024

Professor, PhDr. Rudolf Šrámek , CSc.

* 1934

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist, University professor

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 3 more anniversaries

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Anton Srholec

* 1929 †︎ 2016

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Representative of the Church, Emigrant, Friars, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee and 3 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin

Mrs Iryna during interview

Iryna Stankevych (Byrka) Ірина Станкевич (Бирка)

* 1947

Ukraine, The Deportation of peoples in the Soviet Union

Deportations to the Far East, Siberia and North Kazachstan 1939–1941 and 1944–1950, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin

Petr Štembera - portrait

Petr Štembera

* 1945

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

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou and 1 more anniversaries

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