13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden | Memory of Nations

Karel Franta as a boy

Karel Franta

* 1928 †︎ 2017

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists and 1 more categories

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR and 2 more anniversaries

Bedřich Gregorini, graduation photo, 1958

Bedřich Gregorini

* 1939

Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, Ústecký masakr (31. 7. 1945), 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 1 more anniversaries

František Grunta, Josefa Gruntová and their son Milan

Josefa Gruntová

* 1924 †︎ 2017

Relative of a political prisoner

13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia

Bohumil Hajný at the army in Stara Boleslav, 1948

Bohumil Hajný

* 1925

Official in JZD, Communist official, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 3 more anniversaries

Emilie Matauchová - Hatlová.JPG (historic)

Emilie Hatlová

* 1925

National minorities, Forced labour during the WW2

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden

Witness during shooting as a member of the Association for Cooperation with the Army (Svazarm), Varnsdorf, 1950

Ervín Heinl

* 1932

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Déclassé, Industrial settler in border region in 60', Life along the Iron Curtain

2022 - full scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden and 7 more anniversaries

Helmut Hempel - first day at school

Helmut Hempel

* 1938

Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Hana Hewanická in 1947 after her arrival in the Czechoslovakia

Hana Hewanická

* 1943

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

13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jiřina Hloušková

Jiřina Hloušková

* 1921

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 1 more anniversaries

Home in Rumburk on a leave from the barracks, 1965

Jaroslav Hocký

* 1946

Forced labour during the WW2, Sudeten Germans, Life along the Iron Curtain

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 7 more anniversaries

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