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

Herwig Schönfelder in 2023

Herwig Schönfelder

* 1939

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Sudeten Germans, Germany, National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

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

Radek Schovánek in 2024

Radek Schovánek

* 1964

Radio Free Europe, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, Literature in exile

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

Kurt Schramek, Norway, 1964

Kurt Schramek

* 1946

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Wehrmacht soldier

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Oldřich Schreiber as a shooter in the army in 1953-56

Oldřich Schreiber

* 1932

Holocaust, Member of Revolutionary Guard Corps, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Václav Schreiber

Václav Schreiber

* 1940

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 2 more anniversaries

Anna Schreiber in the Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy of St. Charles Borromeo. Photographed in Trutnov, where the witness worked in a factory Texlen.

Anna Schreiberová

* 1928

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 6 more anniversaries

Alexander Schreier, 1980

Mgr. Alexander Schreier

* 1952

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Tomáš Schreier with a friend before a climbing trip

Tomáš Schreier

* 1948

Illegal border crossing, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

František Schulmann in 2023

JUDr. František Schulmann

* 1947

Lawyer, Holocaust, Witness of local events from the Communist era

Vladimír Schulz shortly after his emigration in 1983

Ing. Vladimír Schulz

* 1953

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Illegal border crossing, Repatriated, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories and 6 more anniversaries

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