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Petr Šimánek in 2018

Petr Šimánek

* 1949

Dissident, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Anti-communist rebel, Charter 77 signatory

Milada Šimčíková as Mařenka in The Bartered Bride

Milada Šimčíková

* 1900 †︎ 1989

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, A cultural celebrity

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 10. 6. 1942 – Destruction of Lidice

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

Šimek Vojtěch

Vojtěch Šimek

* 1924

Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Forced labour during the WW2, Sokol

1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

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

Karla Šimková (Šmídová)

Karla Šimková

* 1920 †︎ unknown

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Participant in antifascist resistance, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

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

Hana Šimonová as a Girl Scout

Hana Šimonová

* 1929 †︎ 2022

Boy Scouts, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

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

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Irena Šimonová, roz. Vlachová

* 1929 †︎ 2017

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, Journalist, Radio Free Europe and 2 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Jan Šimsa in 2010

Jan Šimsa

* 1929 †︎ 2016

Dissident, Representative of the Church, Vicar without State agreement, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Anti-communist rebel and 2 more categories

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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