Witnesses of local events connected to WWII | Memory of Nations

Danuše Soumarová's high school graduation portrait.

MUDr. Danuše Soumarová

* 1922 †︎ 2024

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

july 1938 - X. sokol slet's, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 2 more anniversaries

Marie Sovová in 1946

Doc. RNDr. Marie Sovová , CSc.

* 1932

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Milada Sovová

* 1933

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jiří Spáčilík in 1988

Jiří Spáčilík

* 1962

Member of an Illegal Church, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Svědci Jehovovi, 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, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Karel Špala in 1925

Karel Špala

* 1919 †︎ 2021

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Farmer

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 9 May 1945 - 11 May 1945 Battle of Milin

Dana Beldová, married name Spálenská, at the 1968 Grenoble Winter Olympics

Dana Spálenská

* 1950

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 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

Alexander Speiser as a child around 1941/42

Alexander Speiser

* 1928

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, National minorities, Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945, Israel/Palestine and 3 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

František Spejchal (en)

František Spejchal

* 1936

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Rosemarie Bensch around 1951

Rosemarie Špeldová

* 1934

Refugee, Poland, Czech Minority in Klodzko County (Poland), Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jan Špičák, around 1948

Jan Špičák

* 1933

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

9. - 10. 11. 1938 Crystal Night, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák and 2 more anniversaries

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