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

Jansky April 1945 a front photo

Colonel (ret.) Alfred Jánský

* 1914 †︎ 2015

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

Jiří Janský as a senior student

Ing. Jiří Janský

* 1935

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

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

contemporary photo

Jarmila Jarkovská

* 1924

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Emilie Jarmarová

Emílie Jarmarová

* 1923 †︎ 2011

Holocaust, National minorities, Participant in antifascist resistance, Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 13. 7. 1943 - Destroying of Český Malín, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass and 2 more anniversaries

Helena Jarošová at a young age during her university studies, 1950s

MUDr. Helena Jarošová

* 1937

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

In her youth

Jaromíra Jarošová

* 1934

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

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Kryzystof 1959

Krzysztof Jaxa-Rożen

* 1936

National minorities, Nobility, Poland

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, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland

Josef Jedlička

* 1923 †︎ 2022

The Partisan, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Boy Scouts, Sokol, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

contemporary photo

Oldřich Jedlička

* 1922

Forced labour during the WW2, Political prisoner in WW2, Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Václav Jedlička in Czechoslovak army

Václav Jedlička

* 1908 †︎ 2010

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 13. 7. 1943 - Destroying of Český Malín, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass and 2 more anniversaries

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