Witness of local events from the Communist era | Memory of Nations

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

Jiří Ščobák

* 1970

National minorities, Writer, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Volhynian Czechs

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Black Baron

Ján Šebák

* 1931

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

PhDr. František Šebej , CSc.

* 1947

Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jaroslav Šebek, 2016

Jaroslav Šebek

* 1955

Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák

Student of Secondary general education school Ohradní

PhDr., CSc. Michael Šebek

* 1946

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist, University professor

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

Radomír Šebek (1970s)

Radomír Šebek

* 1957

Political prisoner, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witness of local events from the Communist era

Michal Šebeň in his youth

Ing. Michal Šebeň

* 1931 †︎ 2023

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, People helping Jews during WWII, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Déclassé, Writer and 3 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 2 more anniversaries

František Šebesta before his First Holy Communion

František Šebesta

* 1955

Victim of forced relocation, Memory of vanished settlements, Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era

Dobromila Šebestová at the rectory in Libochovice, with mother Dobromila Konárková in the background

Dobromila Šebestová

* 1950

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial

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