Witnesses starting with letter Š

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

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

Young Božena Šimanská (Nevtípilová)

MUDr. Božena Šimanská

* 1926 †︎ 2020

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 2 more anniversaries

Milada Šimčíková as Mařenka in The Bartered Bride

Milada Šimčíková

* 1900 †︎ 1989

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, A cultural celebrity

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 10. 6. 1942 – Destruction of Lidice

Dušan Šimek, 80s

Professor, PhDr. Dušan Šimek

* 1950

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jiří Šimek, 2.10.2012

Ing., Colonel Jiří Šimek

* 1926 †︎ 2019

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Forced labour during the WW2

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 4. 1968 – Formation of KAN (Club of Active Non-partisans), 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Josef Šimek in 1945 during the school at the locksmith at Hanisch & Co. of Prostějov

Josef Šimek

* 1930 †︎ 2024

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. 5. 1945 - vypálení Javoříčka and 4 more anniversaries

Miloslav Šimek in 1946

Miloslav Šimek

* 1931

Bata school Graduate, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Šimek Vojtěch

Vojtěch Šimek

* 1924

Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Forced labour during the WW2, Sokol

1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

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