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Josef Sedloň as a teenager

Josef Sedloň

* 1933

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

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ludmila Seefried-Matějková in 1960s

Ludmila Seefried-Matějková

* 1938

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Victim of forced relocation, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989 and 4 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

The photo of Jan Šefl when working in Norway

Jan Šefl

* 1922 †︎ 2014

Forced labour during the WW2, Hidden people, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

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

Ludmila šimková - Šeflová

Ludmila Šeflová

* 1934 †︎ 2023

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Miroslav Seidl

Miroslav Seidl

* 1933

Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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

In 1970s

Zlata Seidlová

* 1931

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Josef Sejkora - 1940

Josef Sejkora

* 1924 †︎ 2014

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR)

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 9. 1948 – Funeral of President Edvard Beneš

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

František Šenekl 1

František Šenekl

* 1922 †︎ unknown

Member of Orel, Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat

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