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

Stefan Leśków, Wrocław, 2021

Stefan Leśków

* 1933

Poland, Victim of forced relocation, Poles living in Kresy (Poland´s Eastern Borderlands), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, 1939 - 1941 - The first Soviet occupation of Galicia, Lviv in the times of the Second World War 1939-1945, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Magdalena Levinská (en)

Magdalena Levinská

* 1936

Relative of a political prisoner, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

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

František Levý (2009, Paseky)

František Levý

* 1922 †︎ 2014

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR

As a boy

Ing. Petr Lewi

* 1933

Holocaust, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Relatives of important personalities, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 9 more anniversaries

Librová Eliška / the 60s

Eliška Librová

* 1940

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

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

Ishka Lichter 2017

Ishka Lichter

* 1930 †︎ unknown

National minorities, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Czech minority in the former Yugoslavia and 1 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, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1948 – Action "DI" (Confidential: Israel) and 2 more anniversaries

Verner Lička, 1971

Verner Lička

* 1954

The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Wehrmacht soldier, Life along the Iron Curtain

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Jiřina Liebermannová during filming for Memory of Nations, September 2021, Horní Bečva

Jiřina Liebermannová

* 1936

Emigrant, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Dagmar Linhartová

Dagmar Linhartová

* 1931

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

During the production of the bust in the Kolín studio

František Lipenský

* 1932 †︎ 2023

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, People helping Jews during WWII, National minorities and 7 more categories

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s and 6 more anniversaries

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