1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia | Memory of Nations

Josef Švajgl, Soldier Service and Pay Book

Warrant Officer Josef Švajgl

* 1923 †︎ 2019

Veteran of WW2, western front, Forced labour during the WW2

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

Anton Švajlen

* 1937

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising and 9 more anniversaries

Josef Švancara in 2004

Josef Švancara

* 1934 †︎ 2025

Holocaust, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia

Ludmila Švandová, graduation photo, 1954

Ludmila Švandová

* 1935

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Young Hilada

Hilda Svátková (Steinbergerová)

* 1935

Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, Hidden people

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

1961 Jaroslava Brixí

Jaroslava Svatošová roz. Brixí

* 1938

Relative of a political prisoner, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Švec Ladislav

Ladislav Švec

* 1920 †︎ 2015

Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Forced labour during the WW2, The Partisan

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Pavel Švec during the war

Colonel (ret.) Pavel Švec

* 1924 †︎ 2017

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Slovak army soldier during 1939 - 1945

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Ludmila Švecová, current photography

Ludmila Švecová

* 1939

Victim of forced relocation, Political prisoner in WW2, Radio Free Europe, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral and 2 more anniversaries

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

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