Stories of the 20th century

Post Bellum SK

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

Eva Gerhard during an interview in Bratislava

Eva Gerhardová

* 1929

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Prisoner of the Mauthausen concentration camp, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Prisoners in the labour camps in Nováky, Sereď and Vyhne in Slovakia

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 5.-10. 6. 1967 Six-Day War

Eugen Gindl

Eugen Gindl

* 1944 †︎ 2021

Journalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Šmuel Givoni

Šmuel Givoni

* 1923 †︎ 2023

Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, The Partisan, Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoners in the labour camps in Nováky, Sereď and Vyhne in Slovakia

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising

A period photo.

Soňa Goldenbergová

* 1944

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, Prisoners in the labour camps in Nováky, Sereď and Vyhne in Slovakia, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Witness - Jozef Golonka

Ing. Mgr. Jozef Golonka

* 1938

A cultural celebrity, Life along the Iron Curtain

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s and 1 more anniversaries

Maria like student

Mária Gondová, rod. Selinová

* 1946

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Member of an Illegal Church, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 29. 6. 1945 – Withdrawal from the Carpatho-Russia in favour of the USSR, 1944-1945 Hungary at the end of the second world war

Grosmanova orez 3.jpg (historic)

Edita Grosmanová

* 1924 †︎ 2020

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Relatives of important personalities, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Marianna Grznárová

* 1941

Writer

Ľubor Guniš

* 1951

Dissident, Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Current photo from the interview.

Marta Györiová (rod. Grossmanová)

* 1947

Emigrant, Holocaust, Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

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