Stories of the 20th century

Post Bellum SK

Documentation project of Post Bellum SK that was funded by the Europe for Citizens Programme.

Šmuel Givoni

Šmuel Givoni

* 1923 †︎ 2023

Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, The Partisan, Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoners in the labour camps in Nováky, Sereď and Vyhne in Slovakia

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising

A period photo.

Soňa Goldenbergová

* 1944

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, Prisoners in the labour camps in Nováky, Sereď and Vyhne in Slovakia, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Witness - Jozef Golonka

Ing. Mgr. Jozef Golonka

* 1938

A cultural celebrity, Life along the Iron Curtain

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s and 1 more anniversaries

Maria like student

Mária Gondová, rod. Selinová

* 1946

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Member of an Illegal Church, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 29. 6. 1945 – Withdrawal from the Carpatho-Russia in favour of the USSR, 1944-1945 Hungary at the end of the second world war

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Edita Grosmanová

* 1924 †︎ 2020

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Relatives of important personalities, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

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

Marianna Grznárová

* 1941

Writer

Ľubor Guniš

* 1951

Dissident, Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Current photo from the interview.

Marta Györiová (rod. Grossmanová)

* 1947

Emigrant, Holocaust, Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Witness - Judita Haasová

Judita Haasová

* 1947

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Life along the Iron Curtain, Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Štefan Habovský as a soldier of criminal military service (1952)

Štefan Habovský

* 1930

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 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, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 2 more anniversaries

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