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Anita with her older sister Anna in Loutka (1946)

Anita Štěpánková

* 1944

Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Memory of vanished settlements, Relative of a political prisoner, Sudeten Germans and 1 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Her parents in 1945

Eva Štěpánková

* 1948

Communist official, National minorities, Déclassé, Relative of a political prisoner

20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Alena Štěpánková Veselá in a photograph by František Drtikol (1931)

Professor Alena Štěpánková Veselá

* 1923 †︎ 2025

Holocaust, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist and 2 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Drahomíra Štěpánová in her youth

Drahomíra Štěpánová

* 1946

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Marietta Štěpánová in 2024

MUDr. Marietta Štěpánová

* 1941

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Jiří Štěpnička, a portrait

Jiří Štěpnička

* 1947

Relative of a political prisoner, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Dina Štěrbová

RNDr. Dina Štěrbová

* 1940

Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, Relative of a political prisoner, Writer, The Sportsmen, University professor

July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 1 more anniversaries

Václav Stieber in 2020

Václav Stieber

* 1936

Lawyer, Illegal border crossing, Relative of a political prisoner

26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Eva Stodolová

Eva Stodolová

* 1933

Participant in antifascist resistance, Relative of a political prisoner

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich

Ludmila Stoklásková, 1990s

Ludmila Stoklásková

* 1937

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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