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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

University student and private of the Czechoslavak People's Army (1955)

Prof. ThDr., Th.D. Karel Skalický

* 1934

Representative of the Church, Emigrant, Illegal border crossing, Catholic clerical, Writer

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia

With black tabs

Marián Sklenka

* 1930

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Journalist, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Jaroslav Skřipka before military service

Jaroslav Skřipka

* 1936

Illegal border crossing, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Anti-communist rebel and 3 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 3 more anniversaries

Jan Sovencak before emigration

Ján Slovenčák

* 1955

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Life along the Iron Curtain, Illegal border crossing

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Period photograph of Ladislav Snídal, 1990s

Colonel (ret.) Ladislav Snídal

* 1914 †︎ 2001

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Veteran of WW2, western front

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign, 6. 4. - 17. 4. 1941 Dubnová válka (Německý útok na Jugoslávii)

Ervin Šolc in Italy

Ervín Šolc

* 1927 †︎ 2024

Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W and 4 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Pavel Šoltys as a child in his favourite park in Petřín, 1950s

Pavel Šoltys

* 1951

United Kingdom, United States of America, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing and 2 more categories

25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

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