8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII | Memory of Nations

In Mariánské lázně

Professor, PhDr. Miloš Stehlík

* 1923

Historian, Catholic clerical, Forced labour during the WW2, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 3 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 6 more anniversaries

Photo taken during the eyd recording of the interview

Juraj Steiner

* 1936

Holocaust, National minorities

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1944-1945 Hungary at the end of the second world war , 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 4 more anniversaries

Miroslav Steiner (en)

Miroslav Steiner

* 1938

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts and 1 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

František Stejskal, around 1952

František Stejskal

* 1937

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

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s

Miroslav Stejskal with his wife

Colonel (ret.) Miroslav Stejskal

* 1927 †︎ 2021

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Karol Stekly before departure to the frontline, 1943

Karol Steklý

* 1921

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Slovak army soldier during 1939 - 1945

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Petr Štembera - portrait

Petr Štembera

* 1945

A cultural celebrity, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou and 1 more anniversaries

Marie Štěňhová

Marie Štěňhová

* 1923

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Milan Štěpánek

* 1929

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts, A secret police collaborator, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák

Alena Štěpánková Veselá in a photograph by František Drtikol (1931)

Professor Alena Štěpánková Veselá

* 1923 †︎ 2025

Holocaust, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist and 2 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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