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Emil Slepička in 1953

Emil Slepička

* 1933 †︎ 2022

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witness of local events from the Communist era

30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Petr Slezák during his military service in the Border Guard Unit 8842 in Cheb, 1982

Petr Slezák

* 1964

Anti-communist rebel, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Zdeněk Slezák in 2019

Zdeněk Slezák

* 1953

Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era

31. 10. 1967 – Spontaneous student demonstration in Prague, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 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

Slimáček Josef

Josef Slimáček

* 1942

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, 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

Ivan Sloboda Manchester in 1972

Ivan Sloboda

* 1946

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, People helping Jews during WWII, Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, Participant in the Slovak national uprising, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 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, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Miloš Slonek, 1972, State Security file

Miloš Roman Slonek

* 1947

Emigrant, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

At the priestly ordination, 1983

Monsignor Václav Slouk

* 1957

Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

As a young man

Luboš Sluka

* 1928

A cultural celebrity, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 2 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Blanka Slunečková in 1963

Blanka Slunečková

* 1944

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

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

Stanislav Šmatlák, 2016

Stanislav Šmatlák

* 1950

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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