20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen | Memory of Nations

Marie Šafandová in 2023

Mgr. Marie Šafandová

* 1943

National minorities, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, Death marches 1944-1945, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou and 3 more anniversaries

Old photo

Hanuš Salz

* 1922 †︎ 2019

Historian, Forced labour during the WW2, Boy Scouts, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 2 more anniversaries

Josef Šára

Ing. Josef Šára

* 1935

Official in JZD, Communist official, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner and 3 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 7 more anniversaries

With brother, Milan Sedláček on the right

Milan Sedláček

* 1931

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Political prisoner in WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, Participant in antifascist resistance, A secret police collaborator and 1 more categories

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death

Vlastimil Šindelář, 1956

Ing. Vlastimil Šindelář

* 1938

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák

Jarmila Skuhrová in 2022

Jarmila Skuhrová

* 1935

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, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Bohumila Šmolíková, née Pytlíková’s wedding photo, 1954

Bohumila Šmolíková

* 1934

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou and 5 more anniversaries

Sojka Oldřich 1955

Oldřich Sojka

* 1944

Relative of a political prisoner, Victim of forced relocation, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen

Karel Soukup in 1955

Karel Soukup

* 1937

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

20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 3 more anniversaries

"After Sokol, I started to visit Boy Scout." 1939

Otto Šplíchal

* 1929

Bata school Graduate, Relatives of important personalities, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts, Sokol

20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

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