Witnesses starting with letter S

Mgr. Hana Svobodová, roz. Lubasová

* 1965

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

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Mgr. Naděžda Svobodová, roz. Pospíšilová

* 1937

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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Jaroslava Svobodová, roz. Smutná

* 1915 †︎ unknown

People helping Jews during WWII, Political prisoner in WW2, The relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

Milena Svorová in 2022 during filming for Memory of Nations

Mgr. Milena Svorová

* 1926

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Forced labour during the WW2, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, The relative of a political prisoner

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Vítězslav Svozil at the national team training in 1954

PaedDr. Vítězslav Svozil

* 1933

The relative of a political prisoner, The Sportsmen

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 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

Magdalena Swinkelsová, 1946

Magdalena Swinkelsová, roz. Hackerová

* 1926 †︎ 2019

Holocaust, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp

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

Karel Syka in the 1970's

Mgr. Karel Syka

* 1949 †︎ 2022

Art and censorship, Artists, A cultural celebrity

16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

Jan Sýkora in the army in Bratislava, 1955

Jan Sýkora

* 1935

National minorities, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Border Guards, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 3. 1945 Bombing of České Budějovice, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

J. Sýkora

Jiří Sýkora

* 1939

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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Josef Sýkora

* 1925 †︎ 2015

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), A cultural celebrity

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

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