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Dušan Skála - a photo of that time

Dušan Skála

* 1954

Dissident, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 3 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 24. 4. 1978 – Formation of Committee for the Defence of the Unjustly Prosecuted

Miroslav Skalický in the 1970's

Miroslav Skalický

* 1952

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

dobové foto.jpg (historic)

Joska Skalník

* 1948

Dissident, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground and 4 more categories

24. 2. 1949 – Formation of the Czechoslovak Union of Youth, 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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vítězslav Škorpil in 1988

Vítězslav Škorpil

* 1960 †︎ 2026

Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Josef Sládek in the band Svoz řepy, mid 80s

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* 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

Bohumír Slavík

Bohumír Slavík

* 1952

Dissident, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, A cultural celebrity, Charter 77 signatory

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Petr Slezák during his military service in the Border Guard Unit 8842 in Cheb, 1982

Petr Slezák

* 1964

Anti-communist rebel, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground, Border Guards

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

Radek Smažák in 1995

Radek Smažák

* 1966

Dissident, Art and censorship, The underground, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Vladimír Smetana

Vladimír Smetana

* 1950

The Plastic People of the Universe, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

In Civic Forum, Pardubice 1990

Mgr. Pavel Šmíd

* 1952 †︎ 2021

Dissident, Journalist, Radio Free Europe, Writer, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school and 5 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

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