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

Hana Vrbická in 1952

Hana Vrbická

* 1934

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering and 3 more anniversaries

Jaroslav Vrtálek in 1944

Jaroslav Vrtálek

* 1921

Veteran of WW2, western front, Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Forced labour during the WW2

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

Milada Všetičková

* 1916 †︎ 2008

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, Relatives of important personalities

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Jana Vydrová, New York 1964

Jana Vydrová

* 1939

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

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Colonel (ret.) Josef Vyletěl

* 1925 †︎ 2017

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Czech minority in the former USSR and 3 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland and 4 more anniversaries

1944

Ing. Petr Weber

* 1942

National minorities, Holocaust, People helping Jews during WWII, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 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, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Weberová Věra

Věra Weberová

* 1934

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 24. 11. 1941 - The first transport to the Theresienstadt, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden

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Erika Weissová

* 1930 †︎ 2016

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Repatriated, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945)

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Edith Weitzenová (roz. Nettlová)

Edith Weitzenová (roz. Nettlová)

* 1924 †︎ 2011

Veteran of WW2, western front, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, National minorities, Holocaust and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 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, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain and 2 more anniversaries

Wiedermannová Miluše

Miluše Wiedermannová

* 1922 †︎ 2026

A cultural celebrity, Boy Scouts, Forced labour during the WW2

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 9. 1948 – Funeral of President Edvard Beneš, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák and 1 more anniversaries

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