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"Come on, let me show you where it tore my leg off"
Jaroslav Kužminski was born on 3 July 1960 in Teplice. Having successfully completed the grammar school in Duchcov, he went to study at the Antonín Zápotocký Military Academy in Brno. Between 1984 and 1988, he was the commander in chief of the ammunition warehouse at the tank unit in Žatec. His career prospects within the Czechoslovak People's Army were nevertheless interrupted by his marriage. His wife's relatives were living abroad, hence he was considered a security threat for the country. He worked in an electricity company and in an insurance company. In 1997, he returned to the army. He completed bomb disposal exams and went to Bosnia and Herzegovina to take part in the de-mining efforts of the SFOR mission. For thirteen months he was commanding a unit of Serbian soldiers with whom he was clearing the mine fields close to the Sava river and its surroundings. He also served at the SFOR headquarters in Bosanska Krupa. Following his return to Czechia, he served in commanding positio ...
De-mining Bosnia
Born in Borovo in the former Yugoslavia on 16 March 1935 Spent his childhood and World War II in Zlín-Podvesná Joined the 3rd Unit of Junák boy scouts in Zlín and made his ...
Born in Borovník on 12 March 1938 Her father František Volný was the mayor of Borovník The family owned extensive land František Volný was declared a kulak in 1953 He ...
Born in Žirovnice near Pelhřimov on 14 May 1950 Having completed high school he graduated from the Charles University in dentistry Graduated from the Comenius University in ...
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12/11/2018
Dne 17. listopadu 2018 převezmou v Národním divadle v přímém přenosu České televize, slovenské RTVS a Českého rozhlasu Ceny Paměti národa čtyři výjimečné osobnosti.
01/11/2018, Tisková zpráva Post Bellum
Dne 11. listopadu slavíme Den válečných veteránů. Lidé si v tento den lidé připínají na klopy kvítek vlčího máku. Vyjadřují tím úctu těm, kteří bojovali za svobodu za první a druhé světové války nebo vojákům působícím v zahraničních vojenských misích.
12/06/2018, Tisková zpráva Post Bellum
Děkujeme všem, kteří běželi, pomáhali nám jako dobrovolníci, podpořili akci jako partneři a patroni. Díky vám jsme na další nahrávání vzpomínek pro Paměť národa vybrali 650 000 korun! V Praze, Plzni, Olomouci, Hradci Králové, Třebíči a „kdekoli“ se na start postavilo 1600 lidí. Moc nás to těší.