Witnesses starting with letter S

Rudolf Sikora / around 1970

Rudolf Sikora

* 1951

Catholic clerical, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 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

Portrait

Master of Fine Arts Rudolf Sikora

* 1946

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship, The underground, Artists, A cultural celebrity

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

Jarmila Sikorová / around 1971

Jarmila Sikorová

* 1953

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Farmer, Boy Scouts

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

As a child

Master of Fine Arts Jarmila Sikytová, roz. Havlíková

* 1930

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Déclassé, Artists

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Jelena Silajdžić

Jelena Silajdžić

* 1954

Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, Bosnia and Herzegovina

1992 - 1995 Bosnian War

Contemporary photo

Jan Simandl

* 1930

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu and 1 more categories

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Monika Simchen, Zittau, 2024

Monika Simchen

* 1949

Germany, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Life along the Iron Curtain

1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria

Stefanos Simichanidis-1951

Stefanos Simichanidis

* 1945

National minorities, Greek minority in former Czechoslovakia, Greece

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

Otokar Simm with his parents Max and Emily in the Peace celebration near Jablonec dam in 1957

Otokar Simm

* 1946

Writer, 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, 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

Blažena Simotová, 10.5.2009

Blažena Simotová

* 1921 †︎ 2012

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Political prisoner in WW2, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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