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

Eva Potůčková, 40s after the war

Eva Potůčková

* 1927

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

july 1938 - X. sokol slet's, 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 and 3 more anniversaries

Alois Přeček

Private Alois Přeček

* 1924 †︎ 2017

The Partisan, Veteran of WW2, western front, Wehrmacht soldier

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 17. 1. - 18. 5. 1944 - The Battle of Monte Cassino

Abraham Pressburger and his wife

Abraham Pressburger

* 1924 †︎ 2018

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, Holocaust and 2 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps and 1 more anniversaries

Slávek Přibil in 1950s

Slávek Přibil

* 1926

National minorities, The Partisan, Czech minority in the former Yugoslavia, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

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

Current photo of Irena Príkopská Macsiczová, number two.

Irena Príkopská Macsiczová

* 1931

Hungary, Apatrida - osoba bez státního občanství, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945 and 2 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, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 2 more anniversaries

Antonín Procházka

Antonín Procházka

* 1932

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

As a young man

Ing. Ladislav Procházka

* 1933

Victim of forced relocation, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945

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

Vlasta Procházková in 1951

Vlasta Procházková

* 1923

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, The burning of the settlement of Ležáky, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Dana Procházková

Dana Procházková

* 1929 †︎ 2014

Boy Scouts

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák and 2 more anniversaries

Jaroslava, 1946

Jaroslava Procházková

* 1927

Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 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

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