Witnesses starting with letter Š

Jan Šolta, 1980s

Ing. Jan Šolta , CSc.

* 1946

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Pavel Šoltys as a child in his favourite park in Petřín, 1950s

Pavel Šoltys

* 1951

United Kingdom, United States of America, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing and 2 more categories

25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

Markéta Šonková, 1960s

Markéta Šonková

* 1936

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Růžena Šorejsová

Růžena Šorejsová

* 1933

Farmer

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Zbyněk Šorm in 1974

Ing. Zbyněk Šorm

* 1953

Politician, Boy Scouts, The Sportsmen

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Zdeněk Šorm, Puppet Kingdom, circa 1979

Zdeněk Šorm

* 1959

Dissident, Representative of the Church, Non-Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 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, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Witness´ s period potrait, ca. 1982

Ruth Šormová

* 1965

Dissident, Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Věra Šormová

Věra Šormová

* 1920 †︎ 2023

Déclassé, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

PhDr. Eva Šothová

* 1961

Romania, Diplomat, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

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, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster and 3 more anniversaries

Bohuslav Šotola in 1954

Bohuslav Šotola

* 1931 †︎ 2020

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

10. 6. 1942 – Destruction of Lidice, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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