Witnesses starting with letter S

Radek Schovánek in 2024

Radek Schovánek

* 1964

Radio Free Europe, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, Literature in exile

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

Vladimír Schovánek

Vladimír Schovánek

* 1923 †︎ 2017

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs

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, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR

Kurt Schramek, Norway, 1964

Kurt Schramek

* 1946

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Wehrmacht soldier

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Helmut Schramme in childhood

Helmut Schramme

* 1932 †︎ 2016

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Gertrude Schreckeneder in 1943

Gertrude Schreckeneder

* 1938

National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Austria, Victim of forced relocation

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

Tom Schrecker

Tom Schrecker

* 1932

Winton’s Children, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee

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

Jiří Schreiber, 1945

Jiří Schreiber

* 1925 †︎ 2012

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, National minorities, Holocaust, Boy Scouts, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Lea Schreiber

* 1932 †︎ 2025

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Hidden people

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

Oldřich Schreiber as a shooter in the army in 1953-56

Oldřich Schreiber

* 1932

Holocaust, Member of Revolutionary Guard Corps, 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, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Václav Schreiber

Václav Schreiber

* 1940

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 2 more anniversaries

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