Witnesses of local events connected to WWII | Memory of Nations

Ladislav Šupka in his eleventh year of school.

Ing. Ladislav Šupka

* 1940

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death and 7 more anniversaries

Ludmila Surá during the filming for Memory of Nations, August 23, 2022, Uherský Brod

Ludmila Surá

* 1930

Sokol, 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, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 4 more anniversaries

Miroslav Surovec-Ježek

Miroslav Surovec

* 1934

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák

Marie Susedková

Marie Susedková

* 1930 †︎ 2024

Victim of forced relocation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Photo from the witness's teaching years in Hradec Králové - sometime after 1970

Vladimíra Sůvová

* 1940

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Zdeněk Švajda, 1949

Zdeněk Švajda

* 1934

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, 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, 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

Jindřiška Švajdová - the first holy communion in Luzice

Jindřiška Švajdová

* 1939

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Sokol, Soutěž Příběhy 20. století, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 24. 2. 1949 – Formation of the Czechoslovak Union of Youth, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death and 5 more anniversaries

Anton Švajlen

* 1937

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising and 9 more anniversaries

Josef Švancara in 2004

Josef Švancara

* 1934 †︎ 2025

Holocaust, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia

Period portrait of Pavel Švanda

Professor Pavel Švanda

* 1936

Journalist, Relative of a political prisoner, Writer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

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