Witnesses starting with letter S

Ferenc Schlaffer in the refugee camp in Treiskirchen, 1968

Ferenc Schlaffer

* 1950

Hungary, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, National minorities, Déclassé

portrait

Helena Schmaus-Shoonerová

* 1938 †︎ 2018

Déclassé, Relatives of important personalities, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 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

Schmíd František

František Schmíd

* 1938

Déclassé

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

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, 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, Secret police informer, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

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

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

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