Witnesses starting with letter Š

Ladislav Šmejkal year 2007

Ladislav Šmejkal

* 1933 †︎ 2008

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Representative of the Church

Věra a Jiří Šmejkalovi.JPG (historic)

Věra Šmejkalová

* 1927

Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 24. 10. 1942 - poprava 261 československých odbojářů v KT Mauthausen

Portrait of the witness in 1949

Zdeňka Šmejkalová

* 1927

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Forced labour during the WW2, Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR

Stanislav Šmic in 2017

Stanislav Šmic

* 1927 †︎ 2023

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel

Witness in 2025

Antonie Šmicerlová

* 1925

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Martin Šmíd in 2023

RNDr., PhD Martin Šmíd

* 1970

The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Descendant of a Holocaust survivor

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Martin Šmíd at the time of graduation, 1988

Martin Šmíd

* 1970

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

"A killed student" Martin Šmíd

PhDr. Milan Šmíd

* 1944

Relative of a political prisoner, Journalist

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

In Civic Forum, Pardubice 1990

Mgr. Pavel Šmíd

* 1952 †︎ 2021

Dissident, Journalist, Radio Free Europe, Writer, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school and 5 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Pavel Šmíd / 1996

Pavel Šmíd

* 1964

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

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