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Milan Sehnal as a boy-scout in 1945

Milan Sehnal

* 1930 †︎ 2017

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, Agent of the western secret services (cold war), Boy Scouts, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 3 more anniversaries

Ladislav Seidl in his youth

Ladislav Seidl

* 1951

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Eva Seidlová

* 1948

Hungary, Holocaust, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, People helping Jews during WWII, Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945 and 13 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising and 18 more anniversaries

Wedding photograph 1977

MUDr. Alena Sellnerová

* 1952

Czech minority in the former USSR, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945 and 3 more categories

26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1940 Katyn massacre, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 5 more anniversaries

Edgar Semmel

* 1924 †︎ 2004

Veteran of WW2, western front, Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Emigrant, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

Ivan Šesták 2019, current phothography

Ivan Šesták

* 1943

Relative of a political prisoner, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Šetlík Jiří 2015

Doc. PhDr., CSc. Jiří Šetlík

* 1929 †︎ 2023

Dissident, A cultural celebrity, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Relative of a political prisoner, Diplomat and 2 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Marie Ševcová during her studies at the Medical Faculty in Leningrad

MUDr. Marie Ševcová

* 1932

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps and 2 more anniversaries

Maturitní foto, 1948

PhDr., CSc. Květuše Sgallová

* 1929

A cultural celebrity, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

David Šidlák, 1980s

David Šidlák

* 1964

Dissident, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, Výjimečný stav v Polsku and 3 more anniversaries

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