The Seventies 1970–1979 | Memory of Nations

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Edvard Schiffauer in mid-1960s

Edvard Schiffauer

* 1942

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, A cultural celebrity, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

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, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Tomas Schilla during filming, 2025

Mgr. Tomáš Schilla

* 1958

The Plastic People of the Universe, Dissident, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground and 3 more categories

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, Palach Week, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime and 2 more anniversaries

Alena Schulzová (2020), current photography

Alena Schulzová

* 1954

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground, Artists and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial

Karel in his youth

Karel Schwarzenberg

* 1937 †︎ 2023

Diplomat, Dissident, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Czech community in the US and 9 more categories

23.8.1939 - Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 10 more anniversaries

Anna Magdalena Schwarzová

Anna Magdalena Schwarzová

* 1921 †︎ 2017

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Representative of the Church, National minorities, Holocaust and 6 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 7 more anniversaries

Jiří Šedivý in 2024

Jiří Šedivý

* 1947

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Photo from around 1980 / Jan Sedláček's archive

Jan Sedláček

* 1931 †︎ 2016

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation and 3 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Identifikační fotografie ze spisu StB

Vojtěch Sedláček

* 1947

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, A cultural celebrity

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ilja Šedo secretly photographed by a State Security Service member in March 1984

PhDr. Ilja Šedo

* 1951

Dissident, Border Guards, Charter 77 signatory, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Eva Seidlová

* 1948

Hungary, Holocaust, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, People helping Jews during WWII, Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945 and 13 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising and 18 more anniversaries

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