Witnesses starting with letter S

Jiří Sova (right) in 1975 when returning from skiing

Mgr. Jiří Sova

* 1960

Politician, Boy Scouts, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Art and censorship, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jela Sovová as a young girl

Jela Sovová

* 1944

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, The Partisan, Anti-communist rebel, Participant in antifascist resistance, Sokol and 2 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering and 6 more anniversaries

Marie Sovová in 1946

Doc. RNDr. Marie Sovová , CSc.

* 1932

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Milada Sovová

* 1933

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Vivienne Soyková

PhDr. Vivienne Soyková

* 1945

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Olga Sozanská, 1964

PhDr. Olga Sozanská

* 1947

University professor, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

Jiří Sozanský, 1976

Jiří Sozanský

* 1946

A cultural celebrity, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists

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, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

Josef Spáčil in military uniform of the PTP (Auxilliary Technical Batallions), 1951

Josef Spáčil

* 1930 †︎ 2024

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

M. Spáčil as a worker out of the clergy service in 70-80's

Mgr. Miroslav Spáčil

* 1929 †︎ 2016

Representative of the Church, Vicar without State agreement, Non-Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

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Stanislav Spáčil

* 1908 †︎ 2015

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

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