Witnesses starting with letter S

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

Jiří Spáčilík in 1988

Jiří Spáčilík

* 1962

Member of an Illegal Church, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Svědci Jehovovi, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Lubomír Spálenka; 2025

Lubomír Spálenka

* 1950

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

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