Stories of the 20th century

Post Bellum SK

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

Mgr. Peter Sviták

* 1946

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine

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

Ladislav Szalay during shooting

Ladislav Szalay

* 1929

People helping Jews during WWII, Déclassé, Writer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Scientist

9. - 10. 11. 1938 Crystal Night, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

András Székely

* 1929

Marta Szilárdová

Marta Szilárdová

* 1923 †︎ 2021

Holocaust

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, Death marches 1944-1945

Portrait of Éva

Éva Szirtes-Deák

* 1938

Hungary, Holocaust

1944-1945 Hungary at the end of the second world war

Anna Szirtli during recording

Anna Szirtli

* 1939

Hungary, Illegal border crossing, Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, National minorities, Victim of forced relocation and 1 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Andrej Sziszák during EYD recording in New York, 2023

Andrej Sziszak

* 1957

United States of America, Hungary, Croatia, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee and 19 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2 and 22 more anniversaries

Soňa Szomolányi during eyd recording

Professor, PhDr. Soňa Szomolányi

* 1946

United Kingdom, Relatives of important personalities, Scientist, University professor

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Witness Sanja Tabaković in 2022

Sanja Tabaković

* 1950

Artistic portrait of Zuzana Tajek Piešová

Zuzana Tajek Piešová

* 1964

Anti-communist rebel, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

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