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

Michal Šaman, a portrait

Mgr. Michal Šaman

* 1965

The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Life along the Iron Curtain

19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 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, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Josef Šamánek

* 1956

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 6.-13. 12. 1980 Operation Krkonoše, 26.8. 1980 Solidarity strike in Wroclaw , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

František Samec in 1961

František Samec

* 1944

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Helena Samková, Prague, 2024

Helena Samková

* 1948

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

Martina Samková

Martina Samková

* 1964

Relatives of important personalities, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

1986 Vasil Samokovliev

Vasil Samokovliev

* 1946

Emigrant, National minorities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Writer, Bulgaria

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 09.09.1944 - The coup d'état of the Motherland Front and the communists coming to power

Photo from the first day of school, September 1936 (she is wearing a cap she brought from the Olympic Games in Berlin)

Gertruda Samoláková

* 1930

Sudeten Germans, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Wedding photo of Gertruda Samuelová, 1962

Gertruda Samuelová

* 1942

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

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Ivo Šanc, a mayor of Kutná Hora

RNDr., CSc. Ivo Šanc

* 1955

Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 22. 4. 1996. - 10. 6. 1999. Kosovská válka

Marie Šandová in 1949

Marie Šandová

* 1933

Relative of a political prisoner, 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

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