1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age | Memory of Nations

Šimsová Sylva

Sylva Šimsová

* 1931

Boy Scouts

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák

Vilém Šindelka before his arrest

Vilém Šindelka

* 1929

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Karel Pavlů and Miroslav Šír in Stráž, 1945

Miroslav Šír

* 1928 †︎ 2023

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Portrait former

Ing. Vlasta Šišková

* 1924

Royal Air Force, Forced labour during the WW2, Relatives of important personalities, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1940 - The Battle of France, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain and 3 more anniversaries

Jaroslav Šišpera by RAF in England, 1940

Jaroslav Šišpera

* 1920 †︎ 2006

Veteran of WW2, western front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Royal Air Force, Forced labour during the WW2

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1940 - The Battle of France, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain and 2 more anniversaries

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

Jan Škoda - 1947

Jan Škoda

* 1928 †︎ 2018

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Relative of a political prisoner, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 3 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 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, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 3 more anniversaries

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Josef Skohoutil

* 1928 †︎ 2017

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Representative of the Church, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Member of an Illegal Church

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Antonín Špika, witness' father, after his return from the Czechoslovak Legion, which fought on the Eastern front in the First World War.

Věra Skrbková

* 1926 †︎ 2023

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Jaroslav Skřipka before military service

Jaroslav Skřipka

* 1936

Illegal border crossing, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Anti-communist rebel and 3 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 3 more anniversaries

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