Witnesses starting with letter Š

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

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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

Miroslav Šolar in 2021

Miroslav Šolar

* 1943

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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Ing. Zdeněk Šolar

* 1924 †︎ 2018

Forced labour during the WW2

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich

Vlasta Šolarová, 1949

Vlasta Šolarová

* 1931

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Ervin Šolc in Italy

Ervín Šolc

* 1927

A secret police agent, Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 4 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Jan Šolc in 1957

PhDr. Jan Šolc

* 1938

Déclassé, Politician, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising and 2 more anniversaries

Miroslav Šolc as a prisoner of Auschwitz, January 8, 1943

Miroslav Šolc

* 1918 †︎ 2016

Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Political prisoner in WW2, Holocaust

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area

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