1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

1944-1945

Věra Šímová (1980s)

Věra Šímová

* 1934

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of 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

from factory in Linec with friends

Karel Šimůnek

* 1922

Forced labour during the WW2

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Gustav Singer in 1945

Gustav Singer

* 1914 †︎ 2015

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Holocaust, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Sanitary worker during the World War 2

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

National Theatre 1964, "The Kingdom of God"

Mgr. Eva Sirotková-Franklin

* 1934 †︎ 2020

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, The relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 27. – 29. 6. 1967 - The 4th Congress of Czech Writers, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 2 more anniversaries

Marija Siruk

Marija Siruk, roz. Špiková

* 1943

National minorities, Repatriated, Farmer, Ukraine

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, Ukrainian insurgent movement 1930–1950

Hedvika Šišková, undated

Hedvika Šišková

* 1932

The relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

7. 11. 1917 - October Revolution in Russia, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Jaroslav and russian soldier in hospital in Rimanuv Zdrój

Captain Jaroslav Sitar

* 1927

National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

sitarova1945.jpg (historic)

Olga Sitařová

* 1926 †︎ 2020

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs, Czech minority in the former USSR

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR

With her son

Zdeňka Sitařová

* 1935

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W, Red Army soldier, Volhynian Czechs

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, Death marches 1944-1945, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

The first day in school (1941)

Walter Sitte

* 1935

A secret police collaborator, National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

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