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Věra a Jiří Šmejkalovi.JPG (historic)

Věra Šmejkalová

* 1927

Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 24. 10. 1942 - poprava 261 československých odbojářů v KT Mauthausen

Zdeněk Smékal during filming for Memory of Nations, Ptení, March 2025

Zdeněk Smékal

* 1937

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Magdaléna Smělá. Around 1958

Magdaléna Smělá

* 1939

Czech community in the US, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 3 more anniversaries

Witness in 2025

Antonie Šmicerlová

* 1925

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Photo for the graduation tableau of Prokop Šmiraus in 1958 shortly before his expulsion from school

Ing., CSc Prokop Šmirous

* 1939

Relative of a political prisoner, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Victim of forced relocation, Sokol, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 5 more anniversaries

Bohumila Šmolíková, née Pytlíková’s wedding photo, 1954

Bohumila Šmolíková

* 1934

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou and 5 more anniversaries

Wedding photo, 1958

Marie Snášelová

* 1930

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

july 1938 - X. sokol slet's, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, The liberation of the city of Ostrava

Věra Snížková, 2024

Věra Snížková

* 1931

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, The burning of the settlement of Ležáky and 1 more anniversaries

Milan Sobotka in 2023

Professor PhDr. Milan Sobotka , CSc., Dr.h.c.

* 1927 †︎ 2024

Sokol, Writer, Art and censorship, Scientist, University professor and 1 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Historical photo

Václav Sokol

* 1938

Charter 77 signatory, A cultural celebrity, Relatives of important personalities, Journalist, Sokol and 3 more categories

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 2 more anniversaries

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