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

"This photograph was taken by a family friend, Karel Mařatka. It was shot just after the end of an unveiling of a memorial plaque on the 19th of May, 2001. "Dad's former colleagues, civilian pilots, asked the Czechoslovak Airlines to sponsor the event. Their flags were hoisted on wooden masts on the lawn near the house and the marketing department agreed that I would represent them wearing their uniform. My relief that we managed the event is well visible. It rained and we were soaked to the bone and tired dead. The preparations for the event were exhausting even though my mother was a great help as a sort of 'liaison officer'."

Iveta Irvingová

Illegal border crossing, Journalist, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Political prisoner in WW2 and 11 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1940 - The Battle of France, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 10 more anniversaries

Jan Jakubec

Lieutenant (ret.) Jan Jakubec

* 1915 †︎ 2008

Veteran of WW2, western front, French Foreign Legion, Participant in antifascist resistance, Sokol

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1940 - The Battle of France, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk and 1 more anniversaries

Marie Jakubíčková, 1952

Marie Jakubíčková

* 1932

Member of Orel, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2 and 1 more categories

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 3 more anniversaries

Foto_026 - kopie.JPG (historic)

Věra Jakubovič, roz. Hahnová

* 1921

National minorities, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, Boy Scouts, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 1948 Arab–Israeli War

František Janáček

František Janáček

* 1935

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 1 more anniversaries

Josef Jančář

PhDr. Josef Jančář , CSc.

* 1931 †︎ 2025

Member of Orel, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Déclassé, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 5 more anniversaries

Portrait of Milena, Prague 1942

Milena Janda

* 1935

Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in WW2 and 8 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities and 3 more anniversaries

Ing. Miloslav Janda

* 1929

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories

Miroslav Jandásek (cca 1955)

Ing. Miroslav Jandásek

* 1923 †︎ 2018

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Photo of youth

Ing. Karel Janeček

* 1927 †︎ 2020

A cultural celebrity, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Forced labour during the WW2, People helping Jews during WWII, Relatives of important personalities and 4 more categories

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, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

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