Witnesses starting with letter Š

Věněk Šilhán

Professor, Ing., CSc. Věněk Šilhán

* 1927 †︎ 2009

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Communist official

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 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, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 1 more anniversaries

Helena Šilhanová

Helena Šilhanová

* 1931

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague

Libuše Šilhánová

PhDr., CSc. Libuše Šilhánová

* 1929 †︎ 2016

Dissident

22. 8. 1968 – Extraordinary congress (the “Vysočany Congress”) of KSČ, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 24. 4. 1978 – Formation of Committee for the Defence of the Unjustly Prosecuted

Štefan Šilhár

Štefan Šilhár

* 1932

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Catholic clerical

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks

Zdeňka at school in 1957

Zdeňka Šillerová

* 1944

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

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

2924-portrait_former.jpg (historic)

Jaroslav Šíma

* 1939

Boy Scouts, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

Jiří Šíma

Ing. Jiří Šíma

* 1922

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Farmer

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia

Vojtěch Šíma in 2022

Vojtěch Šíma

* 1947

Catholic clerical, Witness of local events from the Communist era

Portrait former

Mgr. Miroslav Šimáček

* 1951

Catholic clerical

Václav Šimák in 2022

Václav Šimák

* 1947

Illegal border crossing, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 1 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

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