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František Schnurmacher and his wife Vally’s wedding photograph. Both managed to make it out of the extermination camp in Auschwitz.

František Schnurmacher

* 1912 †︎ 1984

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Forced labour during the WW2, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Hoi, WW II (possibly 1942)

Margit Schödlbauer

* 1938

Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Germany

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Annelies Schölerová as a schoolgirl

Annelies Schölerová

* 1943

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, 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, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Leo Schön in 2023

Leo Schön

* 1937

Germany, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Illegal border crossing

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Herwig Schönfelder in 2023

Herwig Schönfelder

* 1939

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Sudeten Germans, Germany, National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

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

Kurt Schramek, Norway, 1964

Kurt Schramek

* 1946

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Wehrmacht soldier

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Tom Schrecker

Tom Schrecker

* 1932

Winton’s Children, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jiří Schreiber, 1945

Jiří Schreiber

* 1925 †︎ 2012

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, National minorities, Holocaust, Boy Scouts, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Oldřich Schreiber as a shooter in the army in 1953-56

Oldřich Schreiber

* 1932

Holocaust, Member of Revolutionary Guard Corps, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Václav Schreiber

Václav Schreiber

* 1940

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 2 more anniversaries

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