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Portrait photo of the witness, in Kraslice region in 1946

Aloisie Šmolcnopová

* 1930

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

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Ing. Karel Smolek

* 1928 †︎ 2022

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Marlene Smolková in 1958

Marlene Smolková

* 1942

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witness of local events from the Communist era

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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Hedvika Smržová

* 1930 †︎ 2019

National minorities, Sudeten Germans

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

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

Václav Soukup

Václav Soukup

* 1941 †︎ 2024

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Art and censorship, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 2022 - full scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Hedvika Špačková, 1960s

Hedvika Špačková

* 1944

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

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

Petr Spielmann 1935-1937

Petr Spielmann

* 1932 †︎ 2020

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Relatives of important personalities, Sudeten Germans, Hidden people and 1 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Wolfgang Spielvogel

Master of Fine Arts Wolfgang Spielvogel

* 1945

Sudeten Germans, Art and censorship

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Jan Spira, 1940s

Ing. Jan Spira

* 1934 †︎ 2019

Holocaust, Sudeten Germans, A cultural celebrity

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

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