15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR | 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)

Rostislav Sochorec Jr. in 1950

Ing. Rostislav Sochorec

* 1931

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Politician, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions) and 3 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of 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 3 more anniversaries

Miroslav Šolc as a prisoner of Auschwitz, January 8, 1943

Miroslav Šolc

* 1918 †︎ 2016

Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Political prisoner in WW2, Holocaust

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area

JUDr. Josef Sommr

* 1913 †︎ unknown

Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Veteran of WW2, western front

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

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

JUDr. Kuneš Sonntag

* 1919 †︎ 2010

Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts, Relatives of important personalities and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities

Růžena Šorejsová

Růžena Šorejsová

* 1933

Farmer

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

A film by Jindřich Souček from the general strike in Český Dub, November 27, 1989

Master Sergeant (ret.) Jindřich Souček

* 1932 †︎ 2024

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Miroslav Soukup 1946

Miroslav Soukup

* 1928

Member of Orel, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Forced labour during the WW2, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel and 3 more categories

9 May 1945 - 11 May 1945 Battle of Milin, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák

Danuše Soumarová's high school graduation portrait.

MUDr. Danuše Soumarová

* 1922 †︎ 2024

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

july 1938 - X. sokol slet's, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 2 more anniversaries

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