1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2 | Memory of Nations

Arnošt Červinka in 1964

Arnošt Červinka

* 1939 †︎ 2025

Member of Orel, Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 4 more anniversaries

Chalupová Jana

Jana Chalupová

* 1939

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Political prisoner in WW2, Hidden people, Sokol

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich

Ludmila Charvátová

* 1919 †︎ 2021

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 4 more anniversaries

Karel Chlebik

Karel Chlebik

* 1925

Veteran of WW2, western front, National minorities, Forced labour during the WW2, Wehrmacht soldier

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 17. 1. - 18. 5. 1944 - The Battle of Monte Cassino

Jiří Chlumský in 1943

Jiří Chlumský

* 1932

Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

František Chlup in a military uniform

František Chlup

* 1934

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain, Farmer

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

František Chmelař

František Chmelař

* 1939

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jarmila Chovancová, 1950s

Jarmila Chovancová

* 1928

Member of Orel, Forced labour during the WW2, Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945) and 3 more categories

September 1939- occupation of the entire Upper Silesia by Germany, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories and 3 more anniversaries

Erhard Chrobák / around year 1948

Erhard Chrobák

* 1928 †︎ 2024

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W, Wehrmacht soldier

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Ewa Cichy

Ewa Cichy

* 1907 †︎ 2014

Poland, Poles living in Kresy (Poland´s Eastern Borderlands)

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

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