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Vít Kvapil

Vít Kvapil

* 1936

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 10. 6. 1942 – Destruction of Lidice, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 7 more anniversaries

Bedřich Kyselka in 1945

Bedřich Kyselka

* 1923

National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, 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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 1 more anniversaries

authentic foto

Mojmír Kyselka

* 1933

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, University professor

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

Václav Lachout

Václav Lachout

* 1927

Participant in antifascist resistance, Boy Scouts, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

Libuše Lacinová

Libuše Lacinová

* 1921 †︎ 2018

Journalist, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 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 2 more anniversaries

Anna Lakomá in her youth

Anna Lakomá

* 1932 †︎ 2023

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 3 more anniversaries

Hana Lancikova, 1968

Hana Lančíková

* 1938

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

A photo from a passport Edith had when she left the Protectorate

Edith Landesmann

* 1926

People helping Jews during WWII, Israel/Palestine, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1948 Arab–Israeli War

Edeltrude Landová

* 1913 †︎ 2010

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Sanitary worker during the World War 2

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

Marianna, 19 years old, Prague, photo studio

Marianna Langerová

* 1920 †︎ 2018

Veteran of WW2, western front, Emigrant, National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Holocaust and 5 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

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