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

Milena Cubrová in the 1960s

Mgr. Milena Cubrová

* 1925 †︎ 2025

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

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, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Václav Daněk, temporary portrait

Václav Daněk

* 1929 †︎ 2025

Victim of forced relocation, Memory of vanished settlements, Sokol, The Sportsmen, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school and 4 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 22. – 29. 4. 1956 – 2nd Congress of Czech Writers and 4 more anniversaries

Zdeněk Daniel

* 1929

National minorities, Gypsies / Roma, Holocaust, Memory of vanished settlements

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Mrs. Děrdová 1940s

Zdeňka Děrdová

* 1926

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

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Judy Diamant cca 1945

Judy Diamantová

* 1932

Holocaust, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Hidden people

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, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

Pavel Dimun

* 1914

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR)

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass

Jindřiška Dlasková at work in the mills in Brandýs nad Labem, turn of the 1940s and 1950s

Jindřiška Dlasková

* 1922 †︎ 2020

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 2 more anniversaries

Milan Dobeš in front of his painting

Milan Dobeš

* 1929 †︎ 2025

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

L.Dobner 1973.jpg (historic)

Libor Dobner

* 1952

Journalist, Sokol

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jan M. Dobrodinský 1927.jpg (historic)

Jan Maria Dobrodinský

* 1925

Politician, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat and 7 more anniversaries

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