5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk | Memory of Nations

Hazebrouck, 24.4.1945

Lieutenant (ret.) Josef Adámek

* 1920 †︎ 2013

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Forced labour during the WW2, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Veteran of WW2, western front

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Ján Bačík in 1945

Lieutenant Colonel (ret.) Ján Bačík

* 1917 †︎ 2016

Veteran of WW2, western front, French Foreign Legion, Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Parašutisté vycvičení během druhé světové války ve Velké Británii

1940 - The Battle of France, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

Major (ret.) Alexander Bognár

* 1917

French Foreign Legion, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Déclassé, Member of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps (General Svoboda's army) and 5 more categories

2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1940 - The Battle of France, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 6. 6. 1944 - Overlord and 2 more anniversaries

Otakar Braun in 1946

Major (ret.) Otakar Braun

* 1920 †︎ 2008

Holocaust, Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Veteran of WW2, western front

25. 11. 1940 - The Patria disaster, 21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

Karel Brhel (1946)

Karel Brhel

* 1922 †︎ 2006

Forced labour during the WW2, The Partisan, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 3 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 1 more anniversaries

Eliahu Brodavka

Eliahu Brodavka

* 1925 †︎ 2011

Veteran of WW2, western front, Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Emigrant, Israel/Palestine, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee and 1 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 1948 – Action "DI" (Confidential: Israel), 25. 11. 1940 - The Patria disaster and 1 more anniversaries

Alexander Burger

Second Lieutenant (ret.) Alexander Burger

* 1922

Veteran of WW2, western front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945

1940 - The Battle of France, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 6. 6. 1944 - Overlord, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Ludvík Čambala

Ludvík Čambala

* 1923 †︎ 2008

French Foreign Legion, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1940 - The Battle of France, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

Cimala Jaroslav - rok 1945.jpg (historic)

First Sergrant Jaroslav Cimala

* 1926

Veteran of WW2, western front, Wehrmacht soldier, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area

Augustin Císař

Major Augustin Císař

* 1917 †︎ 2008

Veteran of WW2, western front, French Foreign Legion

5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

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