Witnesses starting with letter Š

František Šimon and Emilie Kadavá, a wedding photo, Chleby, March 9, 1963

František Šimon

* 1933

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Pavel Šimon at one of the parties / archive of P. Šimon

Pavel Šimon

* 1964

Dissident, Anti-communist rebel, The Sportsmen, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Witness on the procession of May 1, 1982, Bratislava

Ing. Katarína Šimončičová

* 1948

Environmentalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jaromír Šimonek

Ing. Jaromír Šimonek

* 1945 †︎ 2021

Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Déclassé, Relatives of important personalities, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army and 5 more categories

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 3 more anniversaries

Hana Šimonová as a Girl Scout

Hana Šimonová

* 1929 †︎ 2022

Boy Scouts, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

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Irena Šimonová, roz. Vlachová

* 1929 †︎ 2017

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, Journalist, Radio Free Europe and 2 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Věra Šímová (1980s)

Věra Šímová

* 1934

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Dagmar Šímová

Dagmar Šímová, roz. Deimlová

* 1928

Holocaust, Winton’s Children, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

Petr Šimr after returning from the war, 1968-1969

Petr Šimr

* 1947

Journalist, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation and 1 more anniversaries

Martin Šimsa in 1984

Mgr. PhDr., PhD. Martin Šimsa

* 1959

Clergymen, Human Rights Defender, Member of an Illegal Church, Dissident, Vicar without State agreement and 12 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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