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Karel Soukup in 1955

Karel Soukup

* 1937

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

20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 3 more anniversaries

Jan Soukup in 1966

Ing. arch. Jan Soukup

* 1946

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Václav Soukup

Václav Soukup

* 1941 †︎ unknown

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Art and censorship, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 2022 - full scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Sousedík Tomáš současná.jpg (historic)

Tomáš Sousedík

* 1943

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 22. 8. 1968 – Extraordinary congress (the “Vysočany Congress”) of KSČ

Jiří Sova (right) in 1975 when returning from skiing

Mgr. Jiří Sova

* 1960

Politician, Boy Scouts, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Art and censorship, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jela Sovová as a young girl

Jela Sovová

* 1944

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, The Partisan, Anti-communist rebel, Participant in antifascist resistance, Sokol and 2 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering and 6 more anniversaries

Marie Sovová in 1946

Doc. RNDr. Marie Sovová , CSc.

* 1932

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Milada Sovová

* 1933

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jiří Sozanský, 1976

Jiří Sozanský

* 1946

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

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, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

Jiří Spáčilík in 1988

Jiří Spáčilík

* 1962

Member of an Illegal Church, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Svědci Jehovovi, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 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

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