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

Jiří sklenička as a member of the European group of carpet makers, 1970

Ing. Jiří Sklenička Zderazský

* 1934

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

With black tabs

Marián Sklenka

* 1930

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Journalist, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Bohumila Skočovská (1950s)

Bohumila Skočovská

* 1938

Holocaust, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 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, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation and 1 more anniversaries

Jan Škoda - 1947

Jan Škoda

* 1928 †︎ 2018

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Relative of a political prisoner, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 3 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, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 3 more anniversaries

Krištof Škoda, 1959

Krištof Škoda

* 1941

Czech Minority in Klodzko County (Poland), Victim of forced relocation, Witness of local events from the Communist era

3.9.1942 - 2.2.1943 Battle of Stalingrad, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Pavel Škoda in 2021

Ing. Pavel Škoda

* 1958

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Political prisoner

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

Jan Skokan- 1951

Jan Skokan

* 1928 †︎ 2020

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), 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, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Jaroslav Skopal at the age of two in Košice around 1938-1939

Jaroslav Skopal

* 1936

Boy Scouts, 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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Witness with the saxophone, 1962

Professor, PhDr. Jiří Skopal

* 1947

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Tomáš Škopek in 2025

Tomáš Škopek

* 1942

Déclassé, Parašutisté vycvičení během druhé světové války ve Velké Británii, Participant in antifascist resistance, Sokol, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 22. 8. 1963 – Start of court restitutions, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 1 more anniversaries

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