Witnesses starting with letter S

University student and private of the Czechoslavak People's Army (1955)

Prof. ThDr., Th.D. Karel Skalický

* 1934

Representative of the Church, Emigrant, Illegal border crossing, Catholic clerical, Writer

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia

Miroslav Skalický in the 1970's

Miroslav Skalický

* 1952

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jan Skalla on hop summer job - 1962

Professor Jan Skalla

* 1943

Holocaust, Scientist, University professor

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 2 more anniversaries

Graduation photo, Nymburk, 1965

MUDr. Deanna Skalleová

* 1947

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Descendant of a Holocaust survivor

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

dobové foto.jpg (historic)

Joska Skalník

* 1948

Dissident, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground and 4 more categories

24. 2. 1949 – Formation of the Czechoslovak Union of Youth, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

A reunion of the general school class probably after 60 years.

Božena Skálová

* 1930

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Roman Skamene in the role of little Saša in the film Útěk z roku 1967

Roman Skamene

* 1954

Art and censorship, Profiteers, A cultural celebrity

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Rudolf Skaunic in his first year at university (1954)

Rudolf Skaunic

* 1934 †︎ 2022

Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin

Michal Skiba in 1944

Michal Skiba

* 1919

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, The Partisan, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Hungarian army soldier during 2WW

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 29. 6. 1945 – Withdrawal from the Carpatho-Russia in favour of the USSR, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia)

Alf Skjeseth, Prague 2023

Alf Skjeseth

* 1952

Supporter of Czechoslovak dissent from a western country, Journalist, Norway

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

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