Holocaust | Memory of Nations

historical photography

Larissa Šimeková roz. Grünwaldová

* 1920

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, National minorities, Soutěž Příběhy 20. století, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

Otto Šimko in 1939

Otto Šimko

* 1924

Holocaust, The Partisan, Hidden people, Prisoners in the labour camps in Nováky, Sereď and Vyhne in Slovakia

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

Dagmar Šímová

Dagmar Šímová, roz. Deimlová

* 1928

Holocaust, Winton’s Children, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

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Major (ret.) Gerhard Singer

* 1923

Veteran of WW2, western front, Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Emigrant, Holocaust, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 25. 11. 1940 - The Patria disaster

Gustav Singer in 1945

Gustav Singer

* 1914 †︎ 2015

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Holocaust, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Sanitary worker during the World War 2

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

David Sivor in 1949

David Sivor

* 1934

Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Hidden people

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jaroslav Sixta, graduation photo, 1958

Jaroslav Sixta

* 1936

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner and 2 more categories

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Lea Skácelová 1943

Mgr. Lea Skácelová

* 1933 †︎ 2023

National minorities, Holocaust, Boy Scouts, Hidden people, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

Zuzana Skácelová (Alexanderová) - 1940

a graduate of Philology Zuzana Skácelová

* 1933

Holocaust, Victim of forced relocation, Hidden people, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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

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