Stories of the 20th Century TV

Post Bellum / Hlavní město Praha / Česká televize

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Jaroslav Someš, 1956

PhDr. Jaroslav Someš

* 1941

Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, A cultural celebrity, Art and censorship

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”

Zbyněk Šorm in 1974

Ing. Zbyněk Šorm

* 1953

Politician, Boy Scouts, The Sportsmen

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Zdeněk Šorm, Puppet Kingdom, circa 1979

Zdeněk Šorm

* 1959

Dissident, Representative of the Church, Non-Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Witness´ s period potrait, ca. 1982

Ruth Šormová

* 1965

Dissident, Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Josef Sotona in 2019.

Josef Sotona

* 1950

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Jiří Soukup in 2019

MUDr. Jiří Soukup

* 1953

Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Ondřej Soukup as a student of the Moscow History and Archive Institute, Moscow, 1988

Ondřej Soukup

* 1971

Ukraine, Russia, Historian, Journalist

Perestroika, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 2022 - full scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine

Václav Špale (1988)

academic painter Václav Špale

* 1950

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists

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

Daniela Spenser, 1966

Daniela Spenser Ph.D.

* 1948

Descendant of a Holocaust survivor, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Historian, Holocaust and 5 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Daniel Špička in the picture from 1960

Daniel Špička

* 1939

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, A cultural celebrity, A secret police collaborator

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”

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