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Josef Petýrek in 2011

Josef Petýrek

* 1937

Border Guards, Memory of vanished settlements

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State and 1 more anniversaries

Mr. Jozef Pevný - year 2016

Jozef Pevný

* 1935 †︎ 2021

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Political prisoner in WW2

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Agnesa Piasecká during EYD recording.

Agnesa Piasecká

* 1954

Clergymen, Hungary, Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989 and 8 more categories

2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 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 and 13 more anniversaries

The witness, portrait, 1957

Růžena Plíšková

* 1927

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Political prisoner in WW2, National minorities, Holocaust, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp and 3 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1944-1945 Hungary at the end of the second world war

Milan Pokoradi during eyd recording

Milan Pokoradi

* 1948

Hungary, Holocaust, Illegal border crossing, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, People helping Jews during WWII and 13 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps and 17 more anniversaries

With the trophy

Juraj Pollák

* 1924

Emigrant, Holocaust, Hidden people, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 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

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

Jan Prokop

Jan Prokop

* 1923

The Partisan, Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W, Veteran of WW2, eastern front and 2 more categories

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising and 2 more anniversaries

MVDr. Jaroslav Prokop

* 1925 †︎ 2023

Communist official, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, The Partisan, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Participant in antifascist resistance and 4 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

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