Witnesses starting with letter S

ČSSR representative Pavel Schenk

Pavel Schenk

* 1941

The Sportsmen

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 26.8.-11.9.1972 - Summer Games of the XX Olympiad , Munich

Martina Schepelern, Prague, 2023

Martina Schepelern

* 1955

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”

Irina Scherbakova, 2024

Irina Scherbakova Ирина Щербакова

* 1949

Russia, Emigrant, University professor, Human Rights Defender

2022 - full scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine, Perestroika

Josef Schicho (1932)

Josef Schicho

* 1930

Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Victim of forced relocation, Writer and 4 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria and 1 more anniversaries

Georg Schiedeck

Georg Schiedeck

* 1945

Sudeten Germans, Germany

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

Věra Schiff before deportation, 1940

Věra Schiff

* 1926 †︎ 2023

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps and 2 more anniversaries

Edvard Schiffauer in mid-1960s

Edvard Schiffauer

* 1942

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, A cultural celebrity, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Tomas Schilla during filming, 2025

Mgr. Tomáš Schilla

* 1958

The Plastic People of the Universe, Dissident, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground and 3 more categories

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, Palach Week, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime and 2 more anniversaries

Adalbert Schiller in 2019

Adalbert Schiller

* 1942

Sudeten Germans

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

Schimek Jaromír

Jaromír Schimek

* 1937

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