Witness of local events from the Communist era | Memory of Nations

As a child

Master of Fine Arts Jarmila Sikytová, roz. Havlíková

* 1930 †︎ 2022

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Déclassé, Artists

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Lydia Šilarová in Krkonoše, 1972

Lýdie Šilarová

* 1953

Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, The underground

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

Vladimír Šiler probably in 1968

Vladimír Šiler

* 1950

Representative of the Church, Non-Catholic clerical, Anti-communist rebel, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 1 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jana Šilerová / 1974

Jana Šilerová

* 1950

Representative of the Church, Non-Catholic clerical, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Life along the Iron Curtain

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vojtěch Šíma in 2022

Vojtěch Šíma

* 1947

Catholic clerical, Witness of local events from the Communist era

Václav Šimák in 2022

Václav Šimák

* 1947

Illegal border crossing, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 1 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Contemporary photo

Jan Simandl

* 1930

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Dušan Šimánek in 2021

Dušan Šimánek

* 1948

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

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

Portrait of Jaroslav Šimánek, Horní Suchá, 1951

Jaroslav Šimánek

* 1928

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Marie Šimánková, 1953

Marie Šimánková

* 1936

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

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

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