Witness of local events from the Communist era | Memory of Nations

Bedridden Libuše Vinařová around 1950

Libuše Straková

* 1930

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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

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Miluše Straková

* 1933

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Renata Straková

* 1959

Poland, National minorities, Witness of local events from the Communist era

26.8. 1980 Solidarity strike in Wroclaw , 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster

Dušan Straňák, 40. léta

Dušan Straňák

* 1926 †︎ 2023

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 3 more anniversaries

Sister Bonifácie in 2014

Anežka Stránská

* 1925

Friars, Relative of a political prisoner, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, People helping Jews during WWII, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 1 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns

František Stránský, 1970s

František Stránský

* 1946

Relatives of important personalities, 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

Ivan Stránský around 1976

Ivan Stránský

* 1946

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Politician

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

At a mature age

Jozef Strašík

* 1929

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), 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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

P6010673.JPG (historic)

Jindřich Strauss

* 1939

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Vojtěch Strauss

Vojtěch Strauss

* 1947

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Memory of vanished settlements, Farmer and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

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