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

Jiří Sommer

Jiří Sommer

* 1939

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, Bay of Pigs Invasion, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Jiřina Somsiová

Jiřina Somsiová

* 1949

Relative of a political prisoner, Gypsies / Roma, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Descendant of a Holocaust survivor

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

Zdeněk Šorm, Puppet Kingdom, circa 1979

Zdeněk Šorm

* 1959

Dissident, Representative of the Church, Non-Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

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, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

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

Věra Šormová

Věra Šormová

* 1920 †︎ 2023

Déclassé, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Bohuslav Šotola in 1954

Bohuslav Šotola

* 1931 †︎ 2020

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

10. 6. 1942 – Destruction of Lidice, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Josef Sotona in 2019.

Josef Sotona

* 1950

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Milena Šotová / Ostrava / April 2019

Milena Šotová

* 1935

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

A film by Jindřich Souček from the general strike in Český Dub, November 27, 1989

Master Sergeant (ret.) Jindřich Souček

* 1932

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, 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, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Gabriela Soukalová-Svobodová at the World Ski Championship in Falun, Sweden in 1974. She was competing under her maiden name, Sekajová at the time.

Gabriela Soukalová - Svobodová

* 1953

The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, 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

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