17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities

17. 11. 1939

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, The 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 - Withdrawal 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

Zdislava Michlová

* 1924 †︎ 2016

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death and 2 more anniversaries

Eva Mosnáková at young age

Eva Mosnáková

* 1929

Holocaust, The relative of a political prisoner, Hidden people, Illegal border crossing

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State and 1 more anniversaries

Nachtmannová libuše (1) – kopie.jpg (historic)

PhMr. Libuše Nachtmannová

* 1919 †︎ 2013

Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Boy Scouts

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 10. 6. 1942 – Destruction of Lidice

JUDr., CSc. Ervín Najman

* 1921 †︎ 2016

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Forced labour during the WW2, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

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

Jaroslav Novák

Jaroslav Novák

* 1921 †︎ 2011

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1940 - The Battle of France, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities

As a young man

ThDr. Jiří Josef Otter

* 1919

Non-Catholic clerical, Political prisoner in WW2

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities

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