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

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Přemysl Filip

* 1926 †︎ 2013

Boy Scouts

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

Period photography

Ľudovít Fischer

* 1940

Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Hidden people, University professor

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Pavel Friedmann, 2015

Pavel Friedmann

* 1948

National minorities, Israel/Palestine, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Descendant of a Holocaust survivor

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

Fedor Gabčan, Ostrava, 1987

Fedor Gabčan

* 1940

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

Imrich Gablech

Imrich Gablech

* 1915 †︎ 2016

Veteran of WW2, western front, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, Royal Air Force, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR

Marie Gablerová in the 1960s

Marie Gablerová

* 1935

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

Alexander Gajdoš v roce 1948 – kopie.jpg (historic)

Alexander Gajdoš

* 1924 †︎ 2008

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Political prisoner in WW2, Holocaust, The Partisan

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

Šmuel Givoni

Šmuel Givoni

* 1923 †︎ 2023

Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, The Partisan, Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoners in the labour camps in Nováky, Sereď and Vyhne in Slovakia

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

Witness - Jozef Golonka

Ing. Mgr. Jozef Golonka

* 1938

A cultural celebrity, Life along the Iron Curtain

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s and 1 more anniversaries

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Vojtěch Gregor

* 1918

Participant in antifascist resistance, Holocaust, The Partisan, Slovak army soldier during 1939 - 1945

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 20. 7. 1936 - 1. 9. 1939 - civil war in Spain

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