Stories of the 20th century

Post Bellum SK

Documentation project of Post Bellum SK that was funded by the Europe for Citizens Programme.

Mariana as a child

Mariana Rybecká

* 1935 †︎ 2021

National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

older photograph

Ľudovít Sabadoš

* 1937

Illegal border crossing, Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945, The relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

IMG_5666u.JPG (historic)

Ján Sabaka

* 1930

National minorities, Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising

Eva Salamonová

Eva Salamonová

* 1956

Holocaust

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Portrait

Alžbeta Šalátiová, rod. Neuwirthová

* 1947 †︎ 2021

Holocaust, Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945, Israel/Palestine, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp and 1 more categories

2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Contemporary photograph of Peter Salner, number four.

Peter Salner

* 1951

Historian, Holocaust

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Dagmar as a child with her mother Milada Slabihoudová.

Dagmar Šályová, rod. Slabihoudová

* 1939

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

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, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Vincent_Samuely_dobova_fotka_1.jpg (historic)

Vincent Samuely

* 1926

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR)

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

Emília Sasinová

* 1936

Holocaust, People helping Jews during WWII, Victim of forced relocation, Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Vladimír Savčinský during the preparations for events in 1989

Vladimír Savčinský

* 1963

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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