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

Richard Stára, Kolín 1974

Richard Stára

* 1955

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

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Portrait Marie Stárková, year 1954

Marie Stárková

* 1935

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

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, July 17 to 31 Process Buchal a spol., 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Drahomíra Starobová, 1960

Drahomíra Starobová

* 1931

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Witness of local events from the Communist era

September 1939- occupation of the entire Upper Silesia by Germany, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, March 1945 - the occupation of Upper Silesia by the Soviet army, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 1 more anniversaries

Jan Startl, 1956

Ing. Jan Startl

* 1938

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

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák and 1 more anniversaries

Luboš Starý in 2023

Luboš Starý

* 1955

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 2 more anniversaries

Miloš Starý at the age of twenty-five (1970s)

Miloš Starý

* 1954

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists

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

Jan Staša

Mgr. Jan Staša

* 1926 †︎ 2014

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Emilie Šťastná (en)

Emilie Šťastná

* 1947

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

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

Jaroslava Št'astná, photo from her graduation photo board, 1959

Jaroslava Šťastná

* 1942

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

14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Stanislava Šťastná, nee Pánková, in 1951

Stanislava Šťastná

* 1931 †︎ 2022

Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

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