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Tomáš Šták

Tomáš Šták

* 1934

Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Eva Okenfusová in 1938

Eva Štanclová

* 1923 †︎ 2022

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

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 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

Ludmila & Vojtěch Stáňovi with their son Antonín (Wien 1947?)

Antonín Stáně

* 1944

Emigrant, Boy Scouts, Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime and 1 more anniversaries

František Staněk in 1945

František Staněk

* 1944

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 2 more anniversaries

Josef Staněk, 1962

Ing. Josef Staněk

* 1939

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák

Pavel Staněk in 1970s

Pavel Staněk

* 1927 †︎ 2025

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Portrait photograph of Honza Štangl, probably graduation year 1961

Honza Štangl

* 1944

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Vladimír Stanislav 1976

Vladimír Stanislav

* 1958

Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1951 - creation of the restricted border area along the Czechoslovakian border with Western Germany and Austria

In the 1950s

Josef Stanko

* 1926

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, Farmer, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

Anna Staňková at secondary grammar school

Anna Staňková

* 1927 †︎ 2023

Member of Orel, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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