Between the Two Wars 1918–1939 | Memory of Nations

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In the wehrmacht

Jan Sikora

* 1925

Veteran of WW2, western front, Wehrmacht soldier, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area

Karel Sikora

* 1934

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, September 1939- occupation of the entire Upper Silesia by Germany, March 1945 - the occupation of Upper Silesia by the Soviet army

Věněk Šilhán

Professor, Ing., CSc. Věněk Šilhán

* 1927 †︎ 2009

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Communist official

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 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, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 1 more anniversaries

Young Božena Šimanská (Nevtípilová)

MUDr. Božena Šimanská

* 1926 †︎ 2020

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 2 more anniversaries

Jiří Šimek, 2.10.2012

Ing., Colonel Jiří Šimek

* 1926 †︎ 2019

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Forced labour during the WW2

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 4. 1968 – Formation of KAN (Club of Active Non-partisans), 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Josef Šimek in 1945 during the school at the locksmith at Hanisch & Co. of Prostějov

Josef Šimek

* 1930 †︎ 2024

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. 5. 1945 - vypálení Javoříčka and 4 more anniversaries

Miloslav Šimek in 1946

Miloslav Šimek

* 1931

Bata school Graduate, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

historical photography

Larissa Šimeková roz. Grünwaldová

* 1920

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, National minorities, Soutěž Příběhy 20. století, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

Ludmila Šimíčková in Eye Direct studio, 2022

Ludmila Šimíčková

* 1943

Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 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

Otto Šimko in 1939

Otto Šimko

* 1924 †︎ 2026

Holocaust, The Partisan, Hidden people, Prisoners in the labour camps in Nováky, Sereď and Vyhne in Slovakia

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

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