Déclassé | Memory of Nations

Michal Šebeň in his youth

Ing. Michal Šebeň

* 1931 †︎ 2023

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, People helping Jews during WWII, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Déclassé, Writer and 3 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 2 more anniversaries

Josef Sedloň as a teenager

Josef Sedloň

* 1933

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

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Seemann in 1961

PhDr. Richard Seemann

* 1933

Journalist, Déclassé

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

School photo of Dana Seidlová, 1950, school of birth-assistants

Dr. Dana Seidlová

* 1929 †︎ 2024

Charter 77 signatory, Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, Boy Scouts, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee and 6 more categories

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, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

Šetlík Jiří 2015

Doc. PhDr., CSc. Jiří Šetlík

* 1929 †︎ 2023

Dissident, A cultural celebrity, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Relative of a political prisoner, Diplomat and 2 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

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PhDr. Aikaterini Franc Sgourdeou

* 1935

National minorities, Greek minority in former Czechoslovakia, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Déclassé and 1 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1949 Greek civil war, 28.10.194 - 23.4.1941 Greek- Italian war, 6.4. - 23.4.1941 Battle of Greece

As a child

Master of Fine Arts Jarmila Sikytová, roz. Havlíková

* 1930 †︎ 2022

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Déclassé, Artists

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Jaromír Šimonek

Ing. Jaromír Šimonek

* 1945 †︎ 2021

Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Déclassé, Relatives of important personalities, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army and 5 more categories

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 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

Dr Skála, Maturita photo, Prague 1959

M.D.Ph.D. Josef P. Skála

* 1941 †︎ 2021

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Déclassé

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Ludmila Skřivanová, born Veverková, period portrait, Prague 1973

Ludmila Skřivanová

* 1944

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Journalist, Déclassé, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR) and 9 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 3 more anniversaries

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