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

Věra Obručová during recording for Memory of Nations, 4 September 2022, Vizovice

JUDr. Věra Obručová

* 1935

Sudeten Germans, 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, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 4 more anniversaries

Arnošt Obrusník at the apprenticeship school for bakers in Hladke Životice in 1954

Arnošt Obrusník

* 1939

German minority in Poland after 1945, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Sudeten Germans and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 20 October 1944 - Liberation of Belgrade, March 1945 - the occupation of Upper Silesia by the Soviet army and 5 more anniversaries

Colonel Urban Ocilka

* 1919 †︎ 2008

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Slovak army soldier during 1939 - 1945, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W

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, 3. - 6. 11. 1943 - Battle of Kiev

Alžběta Ohlídalová, nee Šlesingrová, in 1952

Alžběta Ohlídalová

* 1933

National minorities, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories

Ján Okoličáni

Ján Okoličáni

* 1918

Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia

Šarlota as bridesmaid

Šarlota Olšáková

* 1933

Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, National minorities, Relative of a political prisoner, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 1 more anniversaries

Irena Ondruchová

* 1928

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, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Bedřich Opočenský

Bedřich Opočenský

* 1924 †︎ 2016

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, People helping Jews during WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass and 6 more anniversaries

Vladislav Opočenský

Vladislav Opočenský

* 1921 †︎ 2013

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Holocaust

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, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Alžbeta Ošvátová as twenty years old young woman

Alžbeta Ošvátová

* 1935

Holocaust, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victim of forced relocation, Memory of vanished settlements, Repatriated and 4 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 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 and 4 more anniversaries

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