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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

Lumír Sokol and his band Oscar band

Lumír Sokol

* 1959 †︎ 2021

Art and censorship, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

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

Jan Soldán -1981

Jan Soldán

* 1966

Anti-communist rebel, Charter 77 signatory, The underground, Relative of a political prisoner, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 1 more categories

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

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

Helena Sosnová (2021), current photograph

Helena Sosnová

* 1959

Dissident, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Politician, Anti-communist rebel, Charter 77 signatory and 1 more categories

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

Jela Sovová as a young girl

Jela Sovová

* 1944

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, The Partisan, Anti-communist rebel, Participant in antifascist resistance, Sokol and 2 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering and 6 more anniversaries

In the town of Otrokovice in 1983

Jaroslav Spurný

* 1955

Dissident, Journalist, Charter 77 signatory, The underground, Anti-communist rebel

17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

In the 9th grade

Petr Šraier

* 1958

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Anti-communist rebel, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime

František Stárek in 1952

František Stárek

* 1952

Dissident, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, The underground, A cultural celebrity

1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, Dispersal of Plastic People and DG 307 concert in Rudolfov

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