17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities | Memory of Nations

Karel Suchan

Karel Suchan

* 1917

Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Political prisoner in WW2

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities

Věra Tichánková

Věra Tichánková

* 1920 †︎ 2014

Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Political prisoner in WW2, A cultural celebrity

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

trojanova dobovy orez.jpg (historic)

Dagmar Trojanová

* 1922

Boy Scouts, Sokol

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák

Dobromila Vaňková

PhDr. Dobromila Vaňková

* 1925

Boy Scouts, Forced labour during the WW2, People connected to the ČIN magazine (scouts)

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

foto Karel Vaš z Národního archivu dobova.jpg (historic)

Karel Vaš

* 1916 †︎ 2012

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, A collaborator of the Soviet secret service and 5 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 3 more anniversaries

Karel Veselý

MUDr. Karel Veselý

* 1916

Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Political prisoner in WW2, The Partisan

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

Jarmila Vincourková, circa 1945

Jarmila Vincourková

* 1921 †︎ unknown

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

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Josef Vlach, 1939

Dr. Ing., CSc Josef Vlach

* 1919

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Political prisoner in WW2, Sokol

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

Josef Vlček - 1924, Kaňovice

Josef Vlček

* 1920 †︎ 2015

Dissident, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities

High school graduation photo book / 1981

Eva Vorlíčková

* 1962

Dissident, Emigrant, Politician, Anti-communist rebel, Charter 77 signatory and 3 more categories

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

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