Stories of the region - Central Moravia

Post Bellum / Zlínský kraj / Statutární město Zlín

Eye Direct filming in regional branches of PN in Central Moravia.

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Jaroslav Skopal at the age of two in Košice around 1938-1939

Jaroslav Skopal

* 1936

Boy Scouts, 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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Jaroslav Skřipka before military service

Jaroslav Skřipka

* 1936

Illegal border crossing, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Anti-communist rebel and 3 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 3 more anniversaries

Marie Škrlová in her graduation photo (1956)

Marie Škrlová

* 1937

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Iva Škrovová, née Dadáková - a graduation photo, 1981

Iva Škrovová

* 1962

A cultural celebrity

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

Břetislav Sládek in 2022

Břetislav Sládek

* 1931

Bata school Graduate, Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 4 more anniversaries

Josef Sládek in the band Svoz řepy, mid 80s

ak. soch. Josef Sládek ArtD.

* 1964

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

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime

Slimáček Josef

Josef Slimáček

* 1942

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, 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

Rudolf Smahel in 1977 (this photo was used on a postcard, sent by Amnesty International to Gustav Husak to make him stop the trial)

Rudolf Smahel

* 1950

Dissident, Representative of the Church, Vicar without State agreement, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation and 1 more anniversaries

Zdeněk Smékal during filming for Memory of Nations, Ptení, March 2025

Zdeněk Smékal

* 1937

Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Helga Smékalová (Deutschová)

Helga Smékalová

* 1930

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Israel/Palestine and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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