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

High School Graduation, 1961

Alexander Stavrovsky

* 1944

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, National minorities, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 6. 1945 – Withdrawal from the Carpatho-Russia in favour of the USSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Emil Stebel, 1952

Emil Stebel

* 1928 †︎ 2023

National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

František Stefanides, 1973

František Stefanides

* 1942

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Relative of a political prisoner, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ivana Šteflová, Krašovice, 2nd half of the 1970s

Ivana Šteflová

* 1955

Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

30. 3. 1974 - rozehnání koncertu Plastic People a DG 307 v Rudolfově, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Marie Šteflová, 1950

Marie Šteflová

* 1929

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR

Jaroslav Stehlíček at the age of about 9 years

Jaroslav Stehlíček

* 1936

Relative of a political prisoner, 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

Dobroslav Stehlík, graduation 21 June 1969

Ing. Dobroslav Stehlík

* 1946

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Volhynian Czechs

10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 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

Ivan Stehlík, older photo

Ivan Stehlík

* 1946

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

Ivo Stehlík in 2023

Ing. Ivo Stehlík

* 1963

Environmentalist, Historian, Politician, Relatives of important personalities, Writer and 4 more categories

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, Palach Week, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jiří Stehlík in the Metalworks workshop in the 1960s

Jiří Stehlík

* 1934

Witness of local events from the Communist era, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945

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

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