Witnesses starting with letter Š

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 - Withdrawal 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

Sister Adalbert Šimáková in 2021

Adalbert Bibi Šimáková

* 1921

Friars, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Milič Šimáně

* 1954

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Boy Scouts

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 1 more anniversaries

Dušan Šimánek in 2021

Dušan Šimánek

* 1948

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship

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

Portrait of Jaroslav Šimánek, Horní Suchá, 1951

Jaroslav Šimánek

* 1928

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Marie Šimánková, 1953

Marie Šimánková

* 1936

Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Young Božena Šimanská (Nevtípilová)

MUDr. Božena Šimanská

* 1926 †︎ 2020

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 2 more anniversaries

Milada Šimčíková as Mařenka in The Bartered Bride

Milada Šimčíková

* 1900 †︎ 1989

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, A cultural celebrity

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 10. 6. 1942 – Destruction of Lidice

Jiří Šimek, 2.10.2012

Ing., Colonel Jiří Šimek

* 1926

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Forced labour during the WW2

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 4. 1968 – Formation of KAN (Club of Active Non-partisans), 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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