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

Jarmila Weinbergerová dance class for 1938

MUDr. Jarmila Weinbergerová

* 1923 †︎ 2020

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Sanitary worker during the World War 2

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden and 1 more anniversaries

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

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