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

Václav Valoušek, shortly after joining the army in 1944

Nadpraporčík v.v. Václav Valoušek

* 1924 †︎ 2020

Czech minority in the former USSR, National minorities, The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, Repatriated, Member of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps (General Svoboda's army) and 7 more categories

Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR and 7 more anniversaries

Emilie Vančurová

Emilie Vančurová

* 1921

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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Helena Vančurová, roz. Fraindlová

* 1925

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

Portrait

Galina Vaněčková

* 1930

National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist, A cultural celebrity and 1 more categories

1936 - 1938 - Great Terror in the USSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Josef Vaněk in Ostrava, March 2019

Josef Vaněk

* 1934

Nobility, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

September 1939- occupation of the entire Upper Silesia by Germany, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 2 more anniversaries

Václav Vaněk, 40s

Václav Vaněk

* 1926 †︎ 2025

Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 4 more anniversaries

Dobromila Vaňková

PhDr. Dobromila Vaňková

* 1925

Boy Scouts, Forced labour during the WW2, People connected to the ČIN magazine (scouts)

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

František Varaďa while recording the interview, 2020

František Varaďa

* 1932

Forced labour during the WW2, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 8 more anniversaries

A period photograph of Oldřich Vašák

Oldřich Vašák

* 1926

Forced labour during the WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

After the end of the war

Karel Vašek

* 1918 †︎ 2006

French Foreign Legion, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Veteran of WW2, western front

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1940 - The Battle of France, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

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