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František Stejskal, around 1952

František Stejskal

* 1937

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s

Milan Stejskal in 1952

Ing. Milan Stejskal

* 1936

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 5 more anniversaries

Miroslav Stejskal with his wife

Colonel (ret.) Miroslav Stejskal

* 1927 †︎ 2021

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Naděžda Stejskalová at twenty

Naděžda Stejskalová

* 1925

Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat

Portrait picture of Eva Lipovská, Prague, 1948

Eva Šteklová

* 1928

Forced labour during the WW2, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

july 1938 - X. sokol slet's, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Karol Stekly before departure to the frontline, 1943

Karol Steklý

* 1921

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Slovak army soldier during 1939 - 1945

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Lubomír Štencl, 1990

Ing. Lubomír Štencl

* 1939

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 4 more anniversaries

Zdeněk Štěpán, a graduation photo, 1957

Zdeněk Štěpán

* 1939

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 3. 1945 Bombing of České Budějovice, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r and 2 more anniversaries

Milan Štěpánek

* 1929

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts, A secret police collaborator, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák

Alena Štěpánková Veselá in a photograph by František Drtikol (1931)

Professor Alena Štěpánková Veselá

* 1923 †︎ 2025

Holocaust, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist and 2 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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