29. 7. - 14. 8. 1948 Summer Olympics in London | Memory of Nations

05-Marie Ďurovičová - Kovářová - born 1927

Marie Ďurovičová

* 1927 †︎ 2023

Sokol, The Sportsmen

19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 29. 7. - 14. 8. 1948 Summer Olympics in London

Helena Juráčková

* 1946

People helping Jews during WWII, Relatives of important personalities

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 24. 10. 1942 - poprava 261 československých odbojářů v KT Mauthausen, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

Zuzka Polesny Eggen, portrait in Mladá Boleslav

Zuzka Polesny Eggena

* 1938

United States of America, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Czech community in the US and 7 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 29. 7. - 14. 8. 1948 Summer Olympics in London

Rings exercise

Zdeněk Růžička

* 1925 †︎ 2021

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 29. 7. - 14. 8. 1948 Summer Olympics in London, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence and 2 more anniversaries

A postcard with a photo of Věra Růžičková which she also signed

Věra Růžičková

* 1928 †︎ 2018

Sokol, The Sportsmen

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 7. - 14. 8. 1948 Summer Olympics in London, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Leo Marian Vodička, 1985

Master of Fine Arts Leo Marian Vodička

* 1950

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, A cultural celebrity

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 29. 7. - 14. 8. 1948 Summer Olympics in London, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

As a young gymnast

Norma Zabka

* 1928

United States of America, Czech community in the US, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 29. 7. - 14. 8. 1948 Summer Olympics in London

J. Zachara during mandatory military service, 1951

Ján Zachara

* 1928 †︎ 2025

Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 7. - 14. 8. 1948 Summer Olympics in London

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