Witnesses of local events connected to WWII | Memory of Nations

Dagmar Simkova (Srovnalova). He was shot in 1943 during forced deployment in Germany.

Dagmar Srovnalová

* 1924 †︎ 2017

Member of Orel, Forced labour during the WW2, Victim of forced relocation, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 5. 1945 - vypálení Javoříčka

Vlastimila Šrůtková on the set

Vlastimila Šrůtková

* 1918 †︎ 2022

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Jan serving in the army, portrait, Opava/Krnov, 1948

Jan Štach

* 1925 †︎ 2019

Official in JZD, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Relative of a political prisoner, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

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

Ctibor Štádler in 2023

Ctibor Štádler

* 1936 †︎ 2024

Farmer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Vlasta Stádníková during the filming

Vlasta Stádníková

* 1933

Déclassé, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Artists

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Igor (Eli) Stahl, 1948

Eli Stahl

* 1934

National minorities, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 29 August 1944 - Release of Jews from the Nováky concentration camp

Eva Okenfusová in 1938

Eva Štanclová

* 1923 †︎ 2022

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

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 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

František Staněk in 1945

František Staněk

* 1944

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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 2 more anniversaries

Josef Staněk, 1962

Ing. Josef Staněk

* 1939

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák

Pavel Staněk in 1970s

Pavel Staněk

* 1927 †︎ 2025

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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