15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR | Memory of Nations

Olga Weissová, Nymburk, 2024

Olga Weissová

* 1930

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Edith Weitzenová (roz. Nettlová)

Edith Weitzenová (roz. Nettlová)

* 1924 †︎ 2011

Veteran of WW2, western front, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, National minorities, Holocaust and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 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, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain and 2 more anniversaries

Sylva Wernhartová with friends from Ladislav Ševčík's Folk Dance Ensemble in Ostrava, 1970s.

Sylva Wernhartová

* 1939

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Wiedermannová Miluše

Miluše Wiedermannová

* 1922 †︎ 2026

A cultural celebrity, Boy Scouts, Forced labour during the WW2

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 9. 1948 – Funeral of President Edvard Beneš, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák and 1 more anniversaries

Jan Wiener

Colonel (ret.) Jan Wiener

* 1920 †︎ 2010

Veteran of WW2, western front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, A cultural celebrity and 3 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Portrait, taken from a family photo, at home in the garden, cca 1960

Barbara Winton

* 1953 †︎ 2022

A cultural celebrity, Holocaust, Winton’s Children, People helping Jews during WWII, Relatives of important personalities and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Sir Nicholas Winton in Prague, 2007

Sir Nicholas Winton MBE

* 1909 †︎ 2015

United Kingdom, Holocaust, Winton’s Children, People helping Jews during WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR

Nicholas Winton, Jr., Prague 2022

Nicholas Winton, Jr.

* 1952

People helping Jews during WWII, Relatives of important personalities, Winton’s Children, United Kingdom

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR

Rosa with stepmother (with hat)

Rosa Wohlfeld

* 1927 †︎ 2024

Illegal border crossing, National minorities, GDR - outgoing passengers, Sudeten Germans, Germany

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Naďa Zahradilová (née Bartáková) 1947, leaving the secondary school

Naděžda Zahradilová

* 1928

Relatives of important personalities, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

july 1938 - X. sokol slet's, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising and 5 more anniversaries

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