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Evžen Slezák

Colonel Evžen Slezák

* 1918

Veteran of WW2, western front, Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

Ivan Sloboda Manchester in 1972

Ivan Sloboda

* 1946

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, People helping Jews during WWII, Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, Participant in the Slovak national uprising, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Emil Šlosarčík

Emil Šlosarčík

* 1916 †︎ 2008

Veteran of WW2, western front

5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

Pavel Slúka

* 1924 †︎ unknown

The Partisan, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising

Ladislav Šmejkal year 2007

Ladislav Šmejkal

* 1933 †︎ 2008

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Representative of the Church

Věra a Jiří Šmejkalovi.JPG (historic)

Věra Šmejkalová

* 1927

Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 24. 10. 1942 - poprava 261 československých odbojářů v KT Mauthausen

Portrait of the witness in 1949

Zdeňka Šmejkalová

* 1927

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Forced labour during the WW2, Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR

Hana Polanská, a portrait

Hana Smekalová roz. Polanská

* 1934

Relative of a political prisoner, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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Captain (ret.) Bohuslav Směšný

* 1921 †︎ 2016

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, The Partisan, Slovak army soldier during 1939 - 1945

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

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Dimitrij Smetana

* 1920

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Forced labour during the WW2, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

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