1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2 | Memory of Nations

Period photograph of Ladislav Snídal, 1990s

Colonel (ret.) Ladislav Snídal

* 1914 †︎ 2001

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Veteran of WW2, western front

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign, 6. 4. - 17. 4. 1941 Dubnová válka (Německý útok na Jugoslávii)

Věra Sokolová in 1942

PhDr. Věra Sokolová

* 1931

People helping Jews during WWII, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, University professor and 1 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 2 more anniversaries

Sommer Jiří

Jiří Sommer

* 1931

Boy Scouts

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák and 1 more anniversaries

As a children, 1932

Margalit Sonnenfeld

* 1925 †︎ 2017

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, National minorities, Israel/Palestine, Relatives of important personalities and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1948 Arab–Israeli War, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps and 1 more anniversaries

Vladimír Šotola

Vladimír Šotola

* 1928 †︎ 2013

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs, Red Army soldier

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 13. 7. 1943 - Destroying of Český Malín

A present-day picture of Vladimír Souček

Vladimír Souček

* 1915

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Red Army soldier, Soldier of the Soviet Army

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Setkání Old skautů Říp 99.jpg (historic)

MVDr. Jiří Soukup

* 1933 †︎ 2022

Boy Scouts

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Antonín Špaček

* 1917 †︎ 2007

Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in WW2, Relative of a political prisoner and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1940 - The Battle of France and 5 more anniversaries

spacil dobova.jpg (historic)

Stanislav Spáčil

* 1908 †︎ 2015

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Helena Spandel - the photograph from the period of youth

Helena Spandel

* 1928

Poland

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

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