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Jiří Šulitka, 1951

Jiří Šulitka

* 1932

National minorities, Anti-communist rebel, Boy Scouts, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 4 more anniversaries

Ludmila Surá during the filming for Memory of Nations, August 23, 2022, Uherský Brod

Ludmila Surá

* 1930

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 4 more anniversaries

Marie Susedková

Marie Susedková

* 1930 †︎ 2024

Victim of forced relocation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Jindřiška Švajdová - the first holy communion in Luzice

Jindřiška Švajdová

* 1939

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Sokol, Soutěž Příběhy 20. století, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 24. 2. 1949 – Formation of the Czechoslovak Union of Youth, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death and 5 more anniversaries

Marie Švecová, 2018

Marie Švecová

* 1932 †︎ unknown

Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, Death marches 1944-1945, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Jaroslav Svoboda

Jaroslav Svoboda

* 1938 †︎ 2024

Sokol

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

Ing. Václav Svoboda

* 1929 †︎ 2019

Déclassé, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Hana Svobodová when she was fifteen years old, 1951

Hana Svobodová

* 1936

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

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Jaroslava Svobodová, roz. Smutná

* 1915 †︎ unknown

People helping Jews during WWII, Political prisoner in WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

Jiřina Sýkorová in 2021

Jiřina Sýkorová

* 1933

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou and 5 more anniversaries

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