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Jaroslav Šedivec during military service

Jaroslav Šedivec

* 1925 †︎ 2017

Forced labour during the WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Sokol, The Sportsmen and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering and 2 more anniversaries

Josef Šedivec, Los Angeles, 1969

Josef Šedivec

* 1939

Emigrant, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou and 2 more anniversaries

Jaroslav Šedivý, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1997)

PhDr. Jaroslav Šedivý

* 1929 †︎ 2023

Diplomat, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Boy Scouts, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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 and 2 more anniversaries

Bořivoj Sedláček as 18 years old

Ing. Bořivoj Sedláček

* 1927 †︎ 2026

Croatia, Czech minority in the former Yugoslavia, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, The Partisan, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ervín Sedláček, 1942

Ervín Sedláček

* 1928

People helping Jews during WWII, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

František Sedláček as a pilot, 1954

František Sedláček

* 1931 †︎ 2022

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Victim of forced relocation, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 2 more anniversaries

Photo from around 1980 / Jan Sedláček's archive

Jan Sedláček

* 1931 †︎ 2016

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation and 3 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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

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Herta Sedláčková

* 1923

Participant in antifascist resistance, Political prisoner in WW2, National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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Doc. MUDr. Miloše Sedláčková

* 1930

Holocaust, Hidden people, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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