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Honorary meeting of the Sokol members

Hana Hortová

* 1933

Sokol, A cultural celebrity

Petr Štěpánek in 1976

Ing. Petr Štěpánek

* 1950

Sokol, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Environmentalist

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Adamec dobovy orez.jpg (historic)

Zdeněk Adamec

* 1934 †︎ 2017

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 5 more anniversaries

Věra Albrechtová nee Havlová

Věra Albrechtová

* 1932

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Participant in antifascist resistance, Boy Scouts, Sokol and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 7 more anniversaries

Milada Ambrožová in 1949

Milada Ambrožová

* 1928

Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Blanka Andělová

Blanka Andělová

* 1941 †︎ 2021

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 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 and 2 more anniversaries

Young Jan Aust

Jan Aust

* 1922 †︎ unknown

Political prisoner in WW2, Sokol, Member of Revolutionary Guard Corps

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Witness Josef Bábek

Josef Bábek

* 1941

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Milota Bacúriková

* 1941

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Zdeněk Bajgar / approximately 1940

Zdeněk Bajgar

* 1931 †︎ 2022

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

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