Witnesses starting with letter S

Januše Schmidová, 1950

Januše Schmidová

* 1935

A secret police collaborator, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Ernst Schmidt during the interview on 7. 3. 2009 in Nuremberg

Ernst Schmidt

* 1929

Sudeten Germans, Germany

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Helmut Schmidt, Prague, 2021

Helmut Schmidt

* 1943

Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Germany

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Witness in the period of normalisation

Horst Schmidt

* 1939

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Karel Schmidt

Karel Schmidt

* 1925

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

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Kurt Schmidt, Krnov 2022

Kurt Schmidt

* 1928 †︎ 2025

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Victim of forced relocation, Germany

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 9. - 10. 11. 1938 Crystal Night

Kurt Schmidt, 1970´s

Kurt Schmidt

* 1936

People helping Jews during WWII, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, The topic of security forces before 1989

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Mirko Schmidt summer 1945

Mirko Schmidt

* 1920 †︎ 2012

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Political prisoner in WW2

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

Master of Fine Arts Otakáro Schmidt

* 1960

Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

Róbert Schmidt

* 1968

Witness of local events from the Communist era

2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

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