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

Jaroslav and russian soldier in hospital in Rimanuv Zdrój

Captain Jaroslav Sitar

* 1927 †︎ 2024

National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

sitarova1945.jpg (historic)

Olga Sitařová

* 1926 †︎ 2020

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs, Czech minority in the former USSR

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

With her son

Zdeňka Sitařová

* 1935

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W, Red Army soldier, Volhynian Czechs

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, Death marches 1944-1945, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

The first day in school (1941)

Walter Sitte

* 1935

A secret police collaborator, National minorities, Sudeten Germans, 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, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Emilie Škábová in contemporary photography

Emilie Škábová

* 1935

Sokol, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Anna Skákalová

Anna Skákalová

* 1921

Relative of a political prisoner, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Memorial in PTP uniform, November 1956, Stříbro

Harald Skala

* 1935

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts, Sudeten Germans and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 3 more anniversaries

Ivana Škarvadová

Mgr. Ivana Škarvadová

* 1942

A cultural celebrity, Relatives of important personalities

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Jan Sklenář

Ing. Jan Sklenář

* 1922

Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

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, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 2 more anniversaries

Jiří sklenička as a member of the European group of carpet makers, 1970

Ing. Jiří Sklenička Zderazský

* 1934

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

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