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

Věra Sokolová in 1942

PhDr. Věra Sokolová

* 1931

People helping Jews during WWII, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, University professor and 1 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 2 more anniversaries

Marie Šolleová in the early 1960s

PhDr. Marie Šolleová

* 1936

Journalist, Déclassé, Relatives of important personalities, Writer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 1 more anniversaries

Ivan Solovka

Colonel Ivan Solovka

* 1923 †︎ 2018

Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass

Jan Solpera in the 1980s

Professor Jan Solpera

* 1939

Communist official, Journalist, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 5 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 3. 1945 Bombing of České Budějovice, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis and 7 more anniversaries

Sommer Jiří

Jiří Sommer

* 1931

Boy Scouts

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák and 1 more anniversaries

Dimitrij Somol

Dimitrij Somol

* 1916 †︎ 2005

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Relative of a political prisoner and 1 more categories

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, 13. 7. 1943 - Destroying of Český Malín

Marie SOprová

Private First Class Marie Soprová roz. Masopustová

* 1925 †︎ 2017

Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Volhynian Czechs, Sanitary worker during the World War 2

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Věra Sosnarová – a copy of a photo made by Soviets in 1964

Věra Sosnarová

* 1931 †︎ 2024

Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - Arrests of Russian émigrés by the agents of SMERSH, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

František Šotola

pastor František Šotola

* 1928

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Catholic clerical

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jaroslav Souček, January 27, 2010

Jaroslav Souček

* 1921 †︎ 2016

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Czech minority in the former USSR and 3 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 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, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland and 3 more anniversaries

Statistics: 20774 Witnesses the Database; 11682 Witness Stories; 21373 Registered Researchers; 173607 Photos; 69052 Clips