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

A picture taken during the interview for the Scout century project

Jaroslav Kopáček

* 1929 †︎ 2019

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 1 more anniversaries

Jaroslav Kopáček in 1947

Professor, Ing., CSc. Jaroslav Kopáček

* 1931

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

2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Jan Kopeček in his youth

Ing. Jan Kopeček

* 1934 †︎ 2025

National minorities, Political prisoner in WW2, Participant in antifascist resistance, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 3 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Eva Kopecká

Eva Kopecká

* 1922 †︎ 2019

Soutěž Příběhy 20. století, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W

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, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Helena Kopecká in 2022

RNDr., CSc. Helena Kopecká

* 1931 †︎ 2022

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Czech community in the US, Journalist, Relatives of important personalities and 5 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin and 3 more anniversaries

Ruth Kopeckova 2017

Ruth Kopečková

* 1923 †︎ 2022

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

Antonín Kopřiva in the American Home

Antonín Kopřiva

* 1924 †︎ 2023

People helping Jews during WWII, Forced labour during the WW2, Memory of vanished settlements, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

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Anna Kopsová, roz. Ledererová

* 1922

National minorities

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR

František Koraba

* 1928

Forced labour during the WW2, Repatriated, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Volhynian Czechs

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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Anina Korati, roz. Vohryzková

* 1921 †︎ 2016

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, National minorities, Israel/Palestine, Boy Scouts and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 11. 1940 - The Patria disaster, 1948 Arab–Israeli War

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