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

Lubomír Šlechta in 1940

Lubomír Šlechta

* 1930 †︎ 2026

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

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 4 more anniversaries

Julián Slepecký in 1950

Colonel (ret.) Julián Slepecký

* 1928

National minorities, Forced labour during the WW2, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

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Zdenka Slezáková

* 1919

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 2 more anniversaries

Bohuslava Slobodová in 1944

Bohuslava Slobodová

* 1934

Victim of forced relocation, Repatriated, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Ladislav Slonek in 2023

Doc. Dr. Ing., CSc. Ladislav Slonek

* 1940

The Sportsmen

21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Hana Polanská, a portrait

Hana Smekalová roz. Polanská

* 1934

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Magdaléna Smělá. Around 1958

Magdaléna Smělá

* 1939

Czech community in the US, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 3 more anniversaries

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Captain (ret.) Bohuslav Směšný

* 1921 †︎ 2016

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, The Partisan, Slovak army soldier during 1939 - 1945

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

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Dimitrij Smetana

* 1920

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Forced labour during the WW2, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Jaroslav Smetana

* 1939 †︎ 2023

Border Guards, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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