Witnesses starting with letter Š

Hanuš Šnábl in 2006

Hanuš Šnábl

* 1928 †︎ 2007

Emigrant, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Winton’s Children, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

Jiří Šnajdr.JPG (historic)

Jiří Šnajdr

* 1933 †︎ 2021

Dissident, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Relative of a political prisoner, 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, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Emil Šneberg (c) Lukáš Žentel 2013

Colonel (ret.) Emil Šneberg

* 1931 †︎ 2025

Participant in antifascist resistance

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Josef Šnejdar, 2018

doc. Ing.,CSc. Josef Šnejdar

* 1926 †︎ 2021

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 3 more categories

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Miroslav Šnejdar, ca. 1935

Miroslav Šnejdar

* 1928

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Contemporary portrait of Vlasta, Třebíč 1945

Vlasta Šnelková

* 1930 †︎ 2020

Forced labour during the WW2, Political prisoner in WW2, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

1. - 2. 7. 1917 - the battle at Zborova, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR

Witness at the age of 8

Jozef Šnirc

* 1934

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, 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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

portrét.JPG (historic)

Jiřina Šnoblová

* 1921 †︎ 2018

Diplomat, Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Sanitary worker during the World War 2

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 10. 6. 1942 – Destruction of Lidice

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Božena Šochová

* 1924

Forced labour during the WW2, Art and censorship

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 24. 2. 1949 – Formation of the Czechoslovak Union of Youth, 22. 8. 1968 – Extraordinary congress (the “Vysočany Congress”) of KSČ

Jaromír Šofr playing the saxophone

Professor Master of Fine Arts Jaromír Šofr

* 1939

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, University professor, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

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