Witnesses starting with letter Š

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Jaroslav Šíma

* 1939

Boy Scouts, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

Jiří Šíma

Ing. Jiří Šíma

* 1922

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Farmer

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia

Vojtěch Šíma in 2022

Vojtěch Šíma

* 1947

Catholic clerical, Witness of local events from the Communist era

Portrait former

Mgr. Miroslav Šimáček

* 1951

Catholic clerical

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

Sister Adalbert Šimáková in 2021

Adalbert Bibi Šimáková

* 1921 †︎ 2023

Friars, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Milič Šimáně

* 1954

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Boy Scouts

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 1 more anniversaries

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

Petr Šimánek in 2018

Petr Šimánek

* 1949

Dissident, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Anti-communist rebel, Charter 77 signatory

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