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

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Pater Bohumil Měchura

* 1922 †︎ 2014

Representative of the Church, Sudeten Germans, Internační tábor Svatobořice u Kyjova, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories

Ján Medviď during recording in 2023

Ján Medviď

* 1946

Poland, Emigrant, National minorities, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Déclassé and 8 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia and 11 more anniversaries

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PhDr. Hana Mejdrová

* 1918 †︎ 2011

Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Sanitary worker during the World War 2

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain

Rudolf Mejsnar playing the violin (1940s)

Rudolf Mejsnar

* 1928 †︎ 2022

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 8 more anniversaries

Jan Melnik (July 9th, 1945, Prague)

Jan Melnik

* 1921

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs, Red Army soldier

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, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR

Vladimír Melnik

Second Lieutenant (ret.) Vladimír Melnik

* 1927 †︎ 2016

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs

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, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR

Josip Dmytrovič Melnyk, a portrait

Josip Dmytrovič Melnyk

* 1930

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, The Partisan, Anti-communist rebel, Participant in antifascist resistance and 6 more categories

Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, Ukrainian insurgent movement 1930–1950, Deportations to the Far East, Siberia and North Kazachstan 1939–1941 and 1944–1950, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland and 6 more anniversaries

Bernard Menachovský

* 1910 †︎ 2004

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Red Army soldier

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

Augustin Merta in 1944

Lieutenant Colonel (ret.) Augustin Merta

* 1914 †︎ 2006

Veteran of WW2, western front, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Sokol

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

Helena Mertensová / April 2016

Helena Mertensová

* 1934

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, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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