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

Zbyšek Sion in Brno, 1956

academic painter Zbyšek Sion

* 1938 †︎ 2025

Dissident, Art and censorship, Artists, Political prisoner in WW2, Relative of a political prisoner and 5 more categories

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence and 5 more anniversaries

Witness as a commander of a sports platoon at the military garrison in Příbram, where he did his military service, 1969

Mgr. Bohuslav Šír

* 1944

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

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Karel Pavlů and Miroslav Šír in Stráž, 1945

Miroslav Šír

* 1928 †︎ 2023

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Portrait former

Ing. Vlasta Šišková

* 1924

Royal Air Force, Forced labour during the WW2, Relatives of important personalities, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1940 - The Battle of France, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain and 3 more anniversaries

With her son

Zdeňka Sitařová

* 1935

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W, Red Army soldier, Volhynian Czechs

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, Death marches 1944-1945, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

David Sivor in 1949

David Sivor

* 1934

Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Hidden people

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Emilie Škábová in contemporary photography

Emilie Škábová

* 1935

Sokol, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Memorial in PTP uniform, November 1956, Stříbro

Harald Skala

* 1935

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts, Sudeten Germans and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 3 more anniversaries

Václav Skala in 2021

Václav Skala

* 1940

Artists

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, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 3 more anniversaries

Alexandr Skalický, 1956

Alexandr Skalický

* 1932

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák

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