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Graduation board in 1965

RNDr. Mgr. Miroslava Šandová

* 1947

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

19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Antonie Šandová in her youth

Antonie Šandová

* 1915 †︎ 2007

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, October 26, 1946 - The execution of Heinrich Jöckel, commander of Terezín Small Fortress, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Marta Sandtnerová

Marta Sandtnerová

* 1929

Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1945 - Arrests of Russian émigrés by the agents of SMERSH, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

The witness with her mother, circa 1941-42

Ilsa Sanetrníková

* 1937

Sudeten Germans, 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

Josefa Šánová, 1942

Josefa Šánová

* 1922

National minorities, Forced labour during the WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Sylva Šantavá

Doc. RNDr., Csc. Sylva Šantavá

* 1926

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jan Sapák v roce 1976-1977

Ing., Arch. Jan Sapák

* 1957

Politician, Radio Free Europe, Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 4 more anniversaries

As a "dandy"

Lubomír Sapoušek

* 1957

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, Life along the Iron Curtain

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation and 7 more anniversaries

Josef Šára

Ing. Josef Šára

* 1935

Official in JZD, Communist official, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner and 3 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 7 more anniversaries

Portrait, 1960s

Jana Sargánková

* 1940

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, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

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