15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR | Memory of Nations

Jan Špičák, around 1948

Jan Špičák

* 1933

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

9. - 10. 11. 1938 Crystal Night, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák and 2 more anniversaries

Vasil Špir on a contemporary photograph from the time of the Second World War

Vasil Špir

* 1922

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR and 4 more anniversaries

Jan Spira, 1940s

Ing. Jan Spira

* 1934 †︎ 2019

Holocaust, Sudeten Germans, A cultural celebrity

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Eva Spizová in her youth

Doc. PhDr., CSc. Eva Spitzová

* 1931

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

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

"After Sokol, I started to visit Boy Scout." 1939

Otto Šplíchal

* 1929

Bata school Graduate, Relatives of important personalities, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts, Sokol

20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

Stanislava Šprincová as a young woman

Stanislava Šprincová

* 1924 †︎ 2014

Political prisoner in WW2, Boy Scouts, Forced labour during the WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, Relatives of important personalities

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Otto Springer

Otto Springer

* 1907 †︎ unknown

Participant in antifascist resistance, People helping Jews during WWII, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Holocaust, Emigrant

Death marches 1944-1945, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR

Sramek dobovy orez.jpg (historic)

Ing. Václav Šrámek

* 1927 †︎ 2018

Czech minority in the former Yugoslavia, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Participant in antifascist resistance, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Boy Scouts and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Tito - Stalin split

Anna Šrotýřová in 1950

Anna Šrotýřová

* 1920

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 5 more anniversaries

Jan serving in the army, portrait, Opava/Krnov, 1948

Jan Štach

* 1925 †︎ 2019

Official in JZD, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Relative of a political prisoner, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR

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