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Petr Sýkora in the 1980s

Bachelor Petr Sýkora

* 1966

Member of an Illegal Church, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 26.8. 1980 Solidarity strike in Wroclaw , 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Vlastimil Sýkora

Vlastimil Sýkora

* 1922 †︎ 2013

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

In 1988, working in the studio. Photo Miroslav Kukla

Lenka Sýkorová

* 1957

Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists, A cultural celebrity, Art and censorship

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”

Jiřina Sýkorová in 2021

Jiřina Sýkorová

* 1933

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou and 5 more anniversaries

Ludmila Sýkorová

Ludmila Sýkorová

* 1936

Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

Marie Sýkorová, née Táborská, in 1953

Marie Sýkorová

* 1936

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Marie Sýkorová at her wedding

Marie Sýkorová

* 1937

Relative of a political prisoner, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, 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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 2 more anniversaries

Věra Sýkorová - youth - year 1948

Věra Sýkorová, roz. Papryčová

* 1932 †︎ 2019

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Světlana Synáková in 1990

Světlana Synáková

* 1971

Emigrants from Russia, Witness of local events from the Communist era

26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster

Stanislav Synek during recording in Prague

Ing. Stanislav Synek

* 1937

Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1966-1969 Cultural Revolution

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