18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou | Memory of Nations

Karel Suchý

Karel Suchý

* 1931

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Repatriated

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

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Antonín Šulák

* 1921 †︎ 2016

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Political prisoner in WW2, Forced labour during the WW2, The Partisan, Hidden people

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich and 1 more anniversaries

Šebestián Šulc in the photo of that time

Šebestián Šulc

* 1939

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

18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Marie Švecová, 2018

Marie Švecová

* 1932 †︎ unknown

Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, Death marches 1944-1945, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Josef Švehla in 1958

Josef Švehla

* 1939

Border Guards, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Life along the Iron Curtain

20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 1 more anniversaries

Photo from papers of State security

Jiří Světlík

* 1924 †︎ 2022

Forced labour during the WW2, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Political prisoner in WW2, Anti-communist rebel and 3 more categories

18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 9. 5. 1962 – An extensive amnesty, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jiřina Sýkorová in 2021

Jiřina Sýkorová

* 1933

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou and 5 more anniversaries

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Vladislav Sysel

* 1922 †︎ 2019

Representative of the Church, Vicar without State agreement, Catholic clerical, Forced labour during the WW2, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989 and 2 more categories

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Jana Tenková at the Vocational School of Horticulture in Pilsen in 1965

Jana Tenková

* 1948

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou and 2 more anniversaries

Ludmila Terčová in 2022

Ludmila Terčová

* 1935 †︎ 2023

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

Death marches 1944-1945, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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