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Čestmír Šikola Jr.

Čestmír Šikola ml.

* 1949

Relative of a political prisoner, Relatives of important personalities, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Participant in antifascist resistance, Sokol and 1 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities and 4 more anniversaries

Karel Sikora

* 1934

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, September 1939- occupation of the entire Upper Silesia by Germany, March 1945 - the occupation of Upper Silesia by the Soviet army

Portrait

Master of Fine Arts Rudolf Sikora

* 1946

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground, Artists, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Rudolf Sikora / around 1970

Rudolf Sikora

* 1951

Catholic clerical, Witness of local events from the Communist era

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jarmila Sikorová / around 1971

Jarmila Sikorová

* 1953

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer, Boy Scouts

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

As a child

Master of Fine Arts Jarmila Sikytová, roz. Havlíková

* 1930 †︎ 2022

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Déclassé, Artists

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

Lydia Šilarová in Krkonoše, 1972

Lýdie Šilarová

* 1953

Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, The underground

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

Vladimír Šiler probably in 1968

Vladimír Šiler

* 1950

Representative of the Church, Non-Catholic clerical, Anti-communist rebel, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 1 more categories

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

Jana Šilerová / 1974

Jana Šilerová

* 1950

Representative of the Church, Non-Catholic clerical, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Life along the Iron Curtain

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vojtěch Šíma in 2022

Vojtěch Šíma

* 1947

Catholic clerical, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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