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

Jan Skalla on hop summer job - 1962

Professor Jan Skalla

* 1943

Holocaust, Scientist, University professor

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 2 more anniversaries

Graduation photo, Nymburk, 1965

MUDr. Deanna Skalleová

* 1947

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Descendant of a Holocaust survivor

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jaroslav Škaloud, nineteen years old

Jaroslav Škaloud

* 1935

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

Graduation photograph of Karel Škarka

Mgr. Karel Škarka

* 1946

Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The Army of the Protectorate Bohemia-Moravia, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

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, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

Jaroslav Škarvan

Jaroslav Škarvan

* 1932 †︎ 2021

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Rudolf Skaunic in his first year at university (1954)

Rudolf Skaunic

* 1934 †︎ 2022

Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin

Jiří sklenička as a member of the European group of carpet makers, 1970

Ing. Jiří Sklenička Zderazský

* 1934

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Helena Skleničková, graduation from Secondary Medical School, 1953

PhDr. Helena Skleničková

* 1936

Art and censorship, Life along the Iron Curtain

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Bohumila Skočovská (1950s)

Bohumila Skočovská

* 1938

Holocaust, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 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, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation and 1 more anniversaries

Vladimír Škoda in 2016

Vladimír Škoda

* 1942

Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Artists, University professor

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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