Witnesses starting with letter Š

Helena Škopková's wedding portrait.

MUDr. Helena Škopková

* 1934

Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Scientist

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

Marie Škornová

Marie Škornová

* 1932 †︎ 2021

Relatives of important personalities

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Alois Škorpil, 1958

Alois Škorpil

* 1940 †︎ 2021

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

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vítězslav Škorpil in 1988

Vítězslav Škorpil

* 1960 †︎ 2026

Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Miroslav Škrábal

Second Lieutenant Miroslav Škrabal

* 1927 †︎ 2016

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Holocaust

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR

Bohuslava Škrabálková

* 1928

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR

Anna Škrabalová 2022

Anna Škrabalová

* 1934

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Photograph of a witness and her friend from 1940 in Čachnov.

Božena Škrabalová

* 1934

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jan Škrabánek, 1969

Jan Škrabánek

* 1950

Emigrant, Radio Free Europe, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Miroslav Škrabánek

Miroslav Škrabánek

* 1926 †︎ 2017

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

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