Witnesses starting with letter S

František Straka (2015)

František Straka

* 1950

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Karel Straka

Karel Straka

* 1933

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Miloslav Straka (en)

Miloslav Straka

* 1949

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Václav Straka, 1944, Chomondeley

Václav Straka

* 1914 †︎ 2011

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Journalist, Charter 77 signatory, Veteran of WW2, western front

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1940 - The Battle of France, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk and 3 more anniversaries

Sister Almira Maria

Sr. Almíra Mária Straková

* 1923 †︎ 2014

Friars, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989

July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns

Straková Anna

Anna Straková

* 1922

Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, Hidden people, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Jiřina Straková in Zlín in 1952

Jiřina Straková

* 1932 †︎ 2022

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

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

Bedridden Libuše Vinařová around 1950

Libuše Straková

* 1930

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Marie Straková (Frömlová) as a student of the family school in 1942

Marie Straková

* 1925

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Holocaust

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Photos for the portal

Miluše Straková

* 1933

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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