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Jaroslav Šedivec during military service

Jaroslav Šedivec

* 1925 †︎ 2017

Forced labour during the WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Sokol, The Sportsmen and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering and 2 more anniversaries

Josef Šedivec, Los Angeles, 1969

Josef Šedivec

* 1939

Emigrant, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou and 2 more anniversaries

Jiří Šedivý in 2024

Jiří Šedivý

* 1947

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

09-Prokop Sedlak young

Ing. Prokop Sedlák

* 1943

The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague

Eva Seidlová

* 1948

Hungary, Holocaust, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, People helping Jews during WWII, Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945 and 13 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising and 18 more anniversaries

2924-portrait_former.jpg (historic)

Jaroslav Šíma

* 1939

Boy Scouts, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

Pavel Šimon at one of the parties / archive of P. Šimon

Pavel Šimon

* 1964

Dissident, Anti-communist rebel, The Sportsmen, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Witness as a commander of a sports platoon at the military garrison in Příbram, where he did his military service, 1969

Mgr. Bohuslav Šír

* 1944

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

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Graduation photograph of Karel Škarka

Mgr. Karel Škarka

* 1946

Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The Army of the Protectorate Bohemia-Moravia, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

Milena Skřontová young

Milena Skřontová

* 1939

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, The Sportsmen

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