Witnesses of local events connected to WWII | Memory of Nations

Portrait photo of the witness, in Kraslice region in 1946

Aloisie Šmolcnopová

* 1930

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

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Ing. Karel Smolek

* 1928 †︎ 2022

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

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

Bohumila Šmolíková, née Pytlíková’s wedding photo, 1954

Bohumila Šmolíková

* 1934

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou and 5 more anniversaries

Helena Smolíková before graduation, 1956

Ing. Helena Smolíková

* 1937

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

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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Miloslava Smolíková

* 1927 †︎ 2021

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Forced labour during the WW2, Déclassé, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Marcela Smolková

* 1932

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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Marieta Šmolková

* 1921 †︎ 2022

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 24. 11. 1941 - The first transport to the Theresienstadt, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Bride Alice Šmotková

Alice Šmotková, roz. Molíková

* 1933

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 9. 5. 1962 – An extensive amnesty and 2 more anniversaries

Anna Smržová, around 1944

Anna Smržová

* 1927

Czech Minority in Klodzko County (Poland), National minorities, The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, German minority in Poland after 1945, Victim of forced relocation and 2 more categories

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, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 2 more anniversaries

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Jiří Šnajdr

* 1933 †︎ 2021

Dissident, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Relative of a political prisoner, 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, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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