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Josef Švancara in 2004

Josef Švancara

* 1934 †︎ 2025

Holocaust, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia

Josef Švarc in 1945

Lieutenant Colonel (ret.) Josef Švarc

* 1926 †︎ 2020

Forced labour during the WW2, Veteran of WW2, western front

5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

As a musician in a music band

Stanislav Švarc

* 1925 †︎ 2019

National minorities, Poles in the USSR 1945 - 1956, Relative of a political prisoner, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Veteran of WW2, eastern front and 3 more categories

1932 - 1933 - Holodomor - Great famine in Ukraine, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, Ukraine in 1986–1991 and 2 more anniversaries

During his military service as a commander of a reconnaissance unit with his soldiers in Strašice, he served there with the 1st Tank Regiment, 1984

Master Sergeant (ret.) Pavel Svárovský

* 1961

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Wehrmacht soldier

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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat and 1 more anniversaries

Young Hilada

Hilda Svátková (Steinbergerová)

* 1935

Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, Hidden people

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Josef Švehla in 1958

Josef Švehla

* 1939

Border Guards, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Life along the Iron Curtain

20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 1 more anniversaries

Anna Švehláková in 2022

MUDr. Anna Švehláková

* 1955

Member of an Illegal Church, Dissident, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks and 8 more anniversaries

profil photo

Marie Švirgová, roz. Svačinová

* 1936 †︎ 2022

A cultural celebrity, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 1 more anniversaries

František Svoboda in 1949

František Svoboda

* 1930

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jaroslav Svoboda

Jaroslav Svoboda

* 1938 †︎ 2024

Sokol

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

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