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

Young Jaromír Lisý

Ing. Jaromír Lisý

* 1921 †︎ 2021

Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence

Jan Lorenz in 1955, Sydney, Australia

Jan Lorenz

* 1924

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Boy Scouts, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Zpravodajská brigáda 1939 - 1945

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Karel Macháček

* 1916 †︎ 2005

Veteran of WW2, western front, Emigrant, Royal Air Force, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1940 - The Battle of France, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities

Vlasta Macháčková

Vlasta Macháčková

* 1922 †︎ 2020

Relatives of important personalities, Sokol, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era 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, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 8 more anniversaries

Velimir Macharáček in India

Velimír Macharáček

* 1915 †︎ 2010

Veteran of WW2, western front, Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Sanitary worker during the World War 2

1940 - The Battle of France, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities

Young Vlasta Macková

Vlasta Macková

* 1920

Boy Scouts

27. 6. - 2. 7. 1931 1st Slavic Jamboree (Camps of Slavic Scouts), 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák and 1 more anniversaries

A period portrait photo of Vlastislav Maláč, Prague around 1945

Ing., CSc Vlastislav Maláč

* 1921 †︎ 2023

Representative of the Church, Non-Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Boy Scouts, Sokol and 2 more categories

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Josef Maňák, prewar photo

Josef Maňák

* 1918

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Political prisoner in WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, Relatives of important personalities, Hidden people and 2 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities

mewchura orez.jpg (historic)

Pater Bohumil Měchura

* 1922 †︎ 2014

Representative of the Church, Sudeten Germans, Internační tábor Svatobořice u Kyjova, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories

Marie Mezerová as a student

Marie Mezerová

* 1932

Participant in antifascist resistance, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 2 more anniversaries

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