Witnesses starting with letter Š

Radslav Švéda

Radslav Švéda

* 1949

Relative of a political prisoner, Relatives of important personalities, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Odbojová skupina bratří Mašínů, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Zdeněk Švéda

Zdeněk Švéda

* 1934

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence

Naděžda Švédová in 1955

Ing. Naděžda Švédová

* 1931

People helping Jews during WWII, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Josef Švehla in 1958

Josef Švehla

* 1939

Border Guards, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Life along the Iron Curtain

20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 1 more anniversaries

Anna Švehláková in 2022

MUDr. Anna Švehláková

* 1955

Member of an Illegal Church, Dissident, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks and 8 more anniversaries

Alois Švehlík in his youth

Alois Švehlík

* 1939 †︎ 2025

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

30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

football representative of Czechoslovakia and Slovan Bratislava player

JUDr. Ján Švehlík

* 1950

The Sportsmen, Life along the Iron Curtain

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Švejdar Jiří

Jiří Švejdar

* 1922

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Bohumír Švestka

Bohumír Švestka

* 1946

Farmer

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

Petr Švestka zamlada

Petr Švestka

* 1959

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Emigrant, Boy Scouts and 2 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

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