Witnesses starting with letter S

Tibor Spitz

Tibor Spitz

* 1929

Jindřiška Sporková

* 1925 †︎ 2016

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Jiří Spousta

Jiří Spousta

* 1921

Boy Scouts

Viktor Spousta and Zdena Žárská at the premiere of Havel's play The Beggar's Opera in 1975

Viktor Spousta

* 1944

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, A cultural celebrity

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Otto Springer

Otto Springer

* 1907 †︎ unknown

Participant in antifascist resistance, People helping Jews during WWII, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Holocaust, Emigrant

Death marches 1944-1945, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR

Kateřina Spurná (en)

Kateřina Spurná

* 1956

Dissident, Relative of a political prisoner

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

In the town of Otrokovice in 1983

Jaroslav Spurný

* 1955

Dissident, Journalist, Charter 77 signatory, The underground

17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Jaroslav Spurný during the compulsory military service

Jaroslav Spurný

* 1938

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Memory of vanished settlements

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Anna Srbová circa 1950

Anna Srbová

* 1941

Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, A cultural celebrity

20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Antonín Srch

Ing. Antonín Srch

* 1922

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

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