14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State | Memory of Nations

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

Marcela Pustinová in the late 1950s

Marcela Pustinová

* 1939

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

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Ján Rampák as an actor during a theater performance.

Ján Rampák

* 1939

Dissident, Holocaust, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, People helping Jews during WWII, Forced labour during the WW2 and 8 more categories

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 21 more anniversaries

Witness at work in the mines, undated

Pavel Raniak

* 1928

The Partisan, Participant in the Slovak national uprising, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Déclassé and 2 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 5 more anniversaries

Ing., Arch. Zdeňka Rešovská

* 1936

Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, People helping Jews during WWII, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945 and 1 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 29. 6. 1945 – Withdrawal from the Carpatho-Russia in favour of the USSR

Říhánková Růžena

Růžena Vlasta Říhánková

* 1920 †︎ 2015

People helping Jews during WWII, Relative of a political prisoner

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

Zdenka Říhová in 2020

Zdenka Říhová

* 1932

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

With guerrilla badge

Ján Rišian

* 1928 †︎ 2023

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, The Partisan

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

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