Witnesses of local events connected to WWII | Memory of Nations

Iva Slapničková during her medical studies

Iva Slapničková

* 1925

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Jaroslava Novotná in 1942

Mgr. Jaroslava Slavíková

* 1927

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, The burning of the settlement of Ležáky, 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

Boris Šlechta, Prague, 1970s

Boris Šlechta

* 1937

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Boy Scouts

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Lubomír Šlechta in 1940

Lubomír Šlechta

* 1930 †︎ 2026

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

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 4 more anniversaries

Miroslav Šlechta

* 1928

Holocaust, Non-Catholic clerical, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Soutěž Příběhy 20. století, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, july 1938 - X. sokol slet's, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia

Anna Šlechtová when she was 8 years old, 1943

Anna Šlechtová

* 1935

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Marie Šlechtová (with glasses) with classmates from the Brno University of Life Sciences from the first year in 1973 in Jihlava

Ing. Marie Šlechtová

* 1952

Witness of local events from the Communist era, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

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

Emil Slepička in 1953

Emil Slepička

* 1933 †︎ 2022

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witness of local events from the Communist era

30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Slimáček Josef

Josef Slimáček

* 1942

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Ivan Sloboda Manchester in 1972

Ivan Sloboda

* 1946

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, People helping Jews during WWII, Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, Participant in the Slovak national uprising, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 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, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

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