Between the Two Wars 1918–1939 | Memory of Nations

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Miroslav Šnejdar, ca. 1935

Miroslav Šnejdar

* 1928

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Contemporary portrait of Vlasta, Třebíč 1945

Vlasta Šnelková

* 1930 †︎ 2020

Forced labour during the WW2, Political prisoner in WW2, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

1. - 2. 7. 1917 - the battle at Zborova, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR

Period photograph of Ladislav Snídal, 1990s

Colonel (ret.) Ladislav Snídal

* 1914 †︎ 2001

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Veteran of WW2, western front

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign, 6. 4. - 17. 4. 1941 Dubnová válka (Německý útok na Jugoslávii)

Jaroslava Sobotíková, née Sasínová

Jaroslava Sobotíková

* 1937

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat

Rostislav Sochorec Jr. in 1950

Ing. Rostislav Sochorec

* 1931

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Politician, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions) and 3 more categories

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 3 more anniversaries

Vasil Sofilkanič

Vasil Sofilkanič

* 1921 †︎ 2012

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, Political prisoner in WW2, A warder in a communist prison, National minorities and 1 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass and 6 more anniversaries

Maria Sokolova

Maria Sokolová

* 1932 †︎ unknown

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Vlasta Šolarová, 1949

Vlasta Šolarová

* 1931

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

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

Miroslav Šolc as a prisoner of Auschwitz, January 8, 1943

Miroslav Šolc

* 1918 †︎ 2016

Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Political prisoner in WW2, Holocaust

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area

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