Writer | Memory of Nations

Juraj Šebo and Schöner Náci or Schöne Náci (real name Ignác Lamár)

Ing. Juraj Šebo

* 1943 †︎ 2021

Holocaust, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Writer

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial, 22. 4. 1996. - 10. 6. 1999. Kosovská válka

Karel Sedláček as a radio announcer, 1960

Karel Sedláček

* 1941

Journalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Writer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, A cultural celebrity and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 5 more anniversaries

Oldřich Selucký, 1970s

Mgr. Oldřich Selucký

* 1955

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner, Writer, Art and censorship, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

Jiří Severin in the military, Bochov, 1968

Jiří Severin

* 1941

Writer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Karol Sidon

Rabbi Karol Sidon

* 1942

Representative of the Church, Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, A cultural celebrity, National minorities and 8 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 2 more anniversaries

Oskar Georg Siebert, 1940s

Oskar Georg Siebert

* 1942

Germany, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Writer, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 2 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jiřina Šiklová

* 1935 †︎ 2021

Dissident, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Charter 77 signatory, Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 4 more categories

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation and 3 more anniversaries

Otokar Simm with his parents Max and Emily in the Peace celebration near Jablonec dam in 1957

Otokar Simm

* 1946

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

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

University student and private of the Czechoslavak People's Army (1955)

Prof. ThDr., Th.D. Karel Skalický

* 1934

Representative of the Church, Emigrant, Illegal border crossing, Catholic clerical, Writer

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia

Josef Škrábek

Josef Škrábek

* 1928 †︎ 2023

Historian, Forced labour during the WW2, Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Soutěž Příběhy 20. století, Writer and 4 more categories

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

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