17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland | Memory of Nations

Kryzystof 1959

Krzysztof Jaxa-Rożen

* 1936

National minorities, Nobility, Poland

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland

Cutout from a poor quality photograph from the childhood of Marie Kadeřábková, Volyně, second half of the 1930s.

Marie Kadeřábková

* 1933 †︎ unknown

Czech minority in the former USSR, National minorities, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Volhynian Czechs

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR

Rajisa Kamlerová with her cousin, last day in Volhynia before leaving for Czechoslovakia, 1947

Rajisa Kamlerová

* 1937

The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Relative of a political prisoner, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 13. 7. 1943 - Destroying of Český Malín, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Władysław Karol

Władysław Karol

* 1926

Poles living in Kresy (Poland´s Eastern Borderlands), People's Army of Poland soldier, Poles in the USSR 1945 - 1956, Poland

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 20. 6. - 29. 8. 1944 - Operation Bagration, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland

Antonie Šimková (Kašparová)

Antonie Kašparová

* 1935

National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, People helping Jews during WWII, Czech minority in the former USSR, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR and 6 more anniversaries

Josef Kaufman

Josef Kaufman

* 1926 †︎ 2022

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs and 2 more categories

17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 1943 - Conflict between Poles and Ukrainians in Eastern Galicia and Volhynia, 13. 7. 1943 - Destroying of Český Malín, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass and 2 more anniversaries

Františka Hofmanová before she got married.

Františka Klasonová, roz. Hofmanová

* 1929

Czech minority in the former USSR, National minorities, Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Volhynian Czechs and 1 more categories

Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 1943 - Conflict between Poles and Ukrainians in Eastern Galicia and Volhynia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

klejsmidova dobovy.jpg (historic)

Ludmila Klejšmídová

* 1928

National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945 and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939 and 2 more anniversaries

Józefa Klijewska

Józefa Klijewska

* 1930

Victim of forced relocation, Poles living in Kresy (Poland´s Eastern Borderlands), Poland

17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1945 - 1946 Resettlement of Poles in the "Regained lands"

Václav Kocek, 23.10.2013

Lieutenant (ret.) Václav Kocek

* 1924 †︎ 2014

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Czech minority in the former USSR and 3 more categories

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 4 more anniversaries

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