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

Jela Sovová as a young girl

Jela Sovová

* 1944

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, The Partisan, Anti-communist rebel, Participant in antifascist resistance, Sokol and 2 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering and 6 more anniversaries

Milada Sovová

* 1933

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Josef Spáčil in military uniform of the PTP (Auxilliary Technical Batallions), 1951

Josef Spáčil

* 1930 †︎ 2024

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Dana Beldová, married name Spálenská, at the 1968 Grenoble Winter Olympics

Dana Spálenská

* 1950

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Rosemarie Bensch around 1951

Rosemarie Špeldová

* 1934

Refugee, Poland, Czech Minority in Klodzko County (Poland), Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Daniel Špička in the picture from 1960

Daniel Špička

* 1939

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, A cultural celebrity, A secret police collaborator

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”

Marie Spilková

* 1921

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Farmer

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Vanda Špinková, 1953

Vanda Špinková

* 1935

Poland, The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Forced labour during the WW2, Repatriated and 2 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Stanislav Špinler (second from the left in front) on the return of the 3rd Boys' Troop from a trip to Hřensko, 1946

Stanislav Špinler

* 1930 †︎ 2024

Boy Scouts, 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, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Otto Springer

Otto Springer

* 1907 †︎ unknown

Participant in antifascist resistance, People helping Jews during WWII, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Holocaust, Emigrant

Death marches 1944-1945, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR

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