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Countess Marie Alžběta Salmová, 1937

Marie Alžběta Salmová

* 1931 †︎ 2022

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, People helping Jews during WWII, Déclassé and 4 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin and 3 more anniversaries

Rolando Saumell (1980s)

Rolando Saumell

* 1963

Cuba, Emigrant, Illegal border crossing, Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Josef Schicho (1932)

Josef Schicho

* 1930

Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Victim of forced relocation, Writer and 4 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria and 1 more anniversaries

Helmut Schmidt, Prague, 2021

Helmut Schmidt

* 1943

Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Germany

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Tomáš Schreier with a friend before a climbing trip

Tomáš Schreier

* 1948

Illegal border crossing, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Vladimír Schulz shortly after his emigration in 1983

Ing. Vladimír Schulz

* 1953

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Illegal border crossing, Repatriated, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories and 6 more anniversaries

Jarmila Semotamová, née Šárková, period photo

Jarmila Semotamová

* 1933

Illegal border crossing, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 4 more anniversaries

Václav Šimák in 2022

Václav Šimák

* 1947

Illegal border crossing, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 1 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Gerhard Simchen, 2024

Gerhard Simchen

* 1945

Germany, Illegal border crossing, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

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

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