Witnesses starting with letter S

Helena Sekyrová (en)

Helena Sekyrová

* 1932

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

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Marie Selicharová, 1964

Marie Selicharová

* 1945

National minorities, Czech minority in the former Yugoslavia, Journalist, Croatia

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1991 - 1995 - Croatian War of Independence

seliger_1945_1.jpg (historic)

Colonel Bedřich Seliger

* 1920 †︎ 2012

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, National minorities, Holocaust

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 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, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps and 3 more anniversaries

Wedding photograph 1977

MUDr. Alena Sellnerová

* 1952

Czech minority in the former USSR, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945 and 3 more categories

26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1940 Katyn massacre, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 5 more anniversaries

General Selner in uniform

Jaroslav Selner

* 1946 †︎ 2020

Relatives of important personalities, Journalist

22. 8. 1963 – Start of court restitutions, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Eva Selucká

* 1924

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Holocaust, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Prisoner of the Mauthausen concentration camp

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

Oldřich Selucký, 1970s

Mgr. Oldřich Selucký

* 1955

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner, Writer, Art and censorship, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Poldina Pirklová (Semančinová) in 1937

Poldina Semančinová

* 1927

Victim of Stalinist persecution in Ukraine, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1932 - 1933 - Holodomor - Great famine in Ukraine

Jaroslava Semeráková (en)

Jaroslava Semeráková

* 1941

Witness of local events from the Communist era

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Edgar Semmel

* 1924 †︎ 2004

Veteran of WW2, western front, Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Emigrant, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

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