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Jan Startl, 1956

Ing. Jan Startl

* 1938

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

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák and 1 more anniversaries

Luboš Starý in 2023

Luboš Starý

* 1955

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 2 more anniversaries

Stanislava Šťastná, nee Pánková, in 1951

Stanislava Šťastná

* 1931 †︎ 2022

Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

František Šťastný

František Šťastný

* 1922

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

In the army

Miloš Šťastný

* 1932 †︎ 2025

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

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

Emil Stebel, 1952

Emil Stebel

* 1928 †︎ 2023

National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Helena Steblová

* 1925 †︎ 2021

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Political prisoner in WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps and 1 more anniversaries

Branka Štefaniková, c. 1955

Branka Štefaniková

* 1935

Czech minority in the former Yugoslavia, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Repatriated

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

Marie Šteflová, 1950

Marie Šteflová

* 1929

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

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

Jaroslav Stehlíček at the age of about 9 years

Jaroslav Stehlíček

* 1936

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

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