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

1938: before the war in festive costume from his native village

Růžena Komosná

* 1920 †︎ 2020

Member of Orel, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, A cultural celebrity

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Mikuláš Končický

Mikuláš Končický

* 1925 †︎ 2015

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989

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

Emanuel Kop

Second Lieutenant (ret.) Emanuel Kop

* 1913

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Hidden people

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, 12. 3. 1938 - "Anschluss" of Austria

portrait of Božena Kopcová, after 1945

Božena Kopcová

* 1920 †︎ 2022

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

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

Bedřich Kopold

Colonel (ret.) Bedřich Kopold

* 1921 †︎ 2007

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Communist official, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relatives of important personalities and 3 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 8. 3. 1943 - The battle of Sokolovo, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass and 1 more anniversaries

koeppelova_lenka_1939_7949v.jpg (historic)

Lenka Köppelová roz. Schneiderová

* 1928 †︎ 2016

Emigrant, Holocaust, Winton’s Children, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Vladimír Korčák

Vladimír Korčák

* 1924

Relative of a political prisoner, Soutěž Příběhy 20. století, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

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

Ludvík Korcz

Ludvík Korcz

* 1920

National minorities, Wehrmacht soldier

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR and 2 more anniversaries

MUDr. Jiří Koref: "Twenty-three relatives left in the transport to Terezín"

MUDr. Jiří Koref

* 1932 †︎ 2021

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, National minorities, Israel/Palestine, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII 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, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 24. 11. 1941 - The first transport to the Theresienstadt and 5 more anniversaries

Božena Koreňová in her youth

Božena Koreňová

* 1931

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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 3 more anniversaries

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