A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

Communism

John Schwarz – 1965, close up from the class 8.B photo, Primary School Na Smetance

John Schwarz

* 1950

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Karel in his youth

Karel Schwarzenberg

* 1937 †︎ 2023

Diplomat, Dissident, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Czech community in the US and 9 more categories

23.8.1939 - Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 10 more anniversaries

Anna Magdalena Schwarzová

Anna Magdalena Schwarzová

* 1921 †︎ 2017

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Representative of the Church, National minorities, Holocaust and 6 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 7 more anniversaries

Eva Schwebel (Zipser) in 1968

Eva Schwebel

* 1951

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Descendant of a Holocaust survivor

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jaroslav Šebík Sr. after the liberation of Vizovice in 1945

Jaroslav Šebík

* 1946

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, The Partisan, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Participant in antifascist resistance, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954) and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Ludmila Seefried-Matějková in 1960s

Ludmila Seefried-Matějková

* 1938

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Victim of forced relocation, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989 and 4 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

Milan Sehnal as a boy-scout in 1945

Milan Sehnal

* 1930 †︎ 2017

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, Agent of the western secret services (cold war), Boy Scouts, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 3 more anniversaries

School photo of Dana Seidlová, 1950, school of birth-assistants

Dr. Dana Seidlová

* 1929 †︎ 2024

Charter 77 signatory, Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, Boy Scouts, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee and 6 more categories

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, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

Jan Sekal

* 1948

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Art and censorship, Artists

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

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

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