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Miloslav Šimek in 1946

Miloslav Šimek

* 1931

Bata school Graduate, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Otto Šimko in 1939

Otto Šimko

* 1924 †︎ 2026

Holocaust, The Partisan, Hidden people, Prisoners in the labour camps in Nováky, Sereď and Vyhne in Slovakia

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

Adolf Slamka as an employee of State forests in Kunerad

Adolf Slamka

* 1934

Active in the 1956 Hungarian revolution, Holocaust, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, People helping Jews during WWII, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

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, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich and 5 more anniversaries

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Valerie Slezáková

* 1923

Holocaust, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

Portrait of the witness in 1949

Zdeňka Šmejkalová

* 1927

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Forced labour during the WW2, Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR

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

In the 1950s

Josef Stanko

* 1926

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

Graduation photo, 1960

Christine Stark (rod. Starková)

* 1942

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Victim of forced relocation, Relatives of important personalities

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Historical photography

Peter Gabriel Stark

* 1935

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Relative of a political prisoner, Hidden people

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

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Alžbeta Steinitzova

* 1929

Holocaust, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Prisoners in the labour camps in Nováky, Sereď and Vyhne in Slovakia

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 24.9.1945 - Pogrom in Topoľčany

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