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

Jaroslava Svejkovská in 1978

JUDr. Jaroslava Svejkovská

* 1958

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Bohuslav Svoboda 1945

Bohuslav Svoboda

* 1921

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden

Zdeňka Svobodová in 1941

Zdeňka Svobodová

* 1926

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR and 2 more anniversaries

PN_Svobodova_dobovy_portret.jpg (historic)

Jaroslava Svobodová, roz. Smutná

* 1915 †︎ unknown

People helping Jews during WWII, Political prisoner in WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

Milena Svorová in 2022 during filming for Memory of Nations

Mgr. Milena Svorová

* 1926 †︎ 2025

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Forced labour during the WW2, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Relative of a political prisoner

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

Vítězslav Svozil at the national team training in 1954

PaedDr. Vítězslav Svozil

* 1933

Relative of a political prisoner, The Sportsmen

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, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Witness in military uniform, 1940s

generálmajor Ing. Ignác Syrovátka

* 1914 †︎ 1998

French Foreign Legion, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Déclassé, Parašutisté vycvičení během druhé světové války ve Velké Británii and 9 more categories

1940 - The Battle of France, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat and 6 more anniversaries

Andrej Sziszák during EYD recording in New York, 2023

Andrej Sziszak

* 1957

United States of America, Hungary, Croatia, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee and 19 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 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 and 22 more anniversaries

Vladimír Talášek

Vladimír Talášek

* 1938

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Avraham Talmi

Avraham Talmi

* 1920

Veteran of WW2, Middle East, National minorities, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1948 – Action "DI" (Confidential: Israel), 25. 11. 1940 - The Patria disaster

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