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Milan Sehnal as a boy-scout in 1945

Milan Sehnal

* 1930 †︎ 2017

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, Agent of the western secret services (cold war), Boy Scouts, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 3 more anniversaries

Marie Sidorová

Marie Sidorová

* 1919

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, A collaborator of the Soviet secret service, The Partisan, Sanitary worker during the World War 2

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

Jáchym Jaroslav Šimek in 2025

Jaroslav Jáchym Šimek

* 1952

Clergymen, Poland, Vicar without State agreement, Friars, A secret police collaborator and 2 more categories

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

The first day in school (1941)

Walter Sitte

* 1935

A secret police collaborator, National minorities, Sudeten Germans, 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, 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

Oldrich Slavík in 2019

Oldrich Slavík

* 1936

A secret police collaborator, The topic of security forces before 1989

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

Josef Šnejdar, 2018

doc. Ing.,CSc. Josef Šnejdar

* 1926 †︎ 2021

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 3 more categories

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Sergěj Solovjev after he was released from prison

Sergěj Solovjev

* 1924 †︎ 2021

Agent of the western secret services (cold war), Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 9. 1948 – Funeral of President Edvard Beneš, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners and 1 more anniversaries

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”

Contemporary portrait photograph of Václav Štěpán

Václav Štěpán

* 1935 †︎ 2023

Historian, A secret police collaborator, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 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

Milan Štěpánek

* 1929

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts, A secret police collaborator, 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, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák

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