1940 - The Battle of France | Memory of Nations

Eva Šašecí, married Melmuková, as a vicar in 1956

PhDr. Eva Melmuková

* 1932 †︎ 2022

Representative of the Church, Vicar without State agreement, Historian, Non-Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989 and 4 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1940 - The Battle of France, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - Arrests of Russian émigrés by the agents of SMERSH and 7 more anniversaries

Milan Nechvátal

Major Milan Nechvátal

* 1921 †︎ 2013

Veteran of WW2, western front, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Emigrant, Royal Air Force, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee

1940 - The Battle of France

Vladimír Nekvasil

* 1944

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, International Brigadiers, The Partisan

1940 - The Battle of France, 22. 8. 1963 – Start of court restitutions, 20. 7. 1936 - 1. 9. 1939 - civil war in Spain

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

Jiří Pavel

Jiří Pavel

* 1922 †︎ 2017

French Foreign Legion, Parašutisté vycvičení během druhé světové války ve Velké Británii, Veteran of WW2, western front

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1940 - The Battle of France, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

Jan Pavlíček

* 1917 †︎ 2010

French Foreign Legion, Victim of forced relocation, Veteran of WW2, western front

1940 - The Battle of France, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities

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Vladimír Pekárek

* 1913

Veteran of WW2, western front, French Foreign Legion, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Sanitary worker during the World War 2

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1940 - The Battle of France

František Peřina

General (ret.) František Peřina

* 1911 †︎ 2006

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

1940 - The Battle of France, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain

Anton Petrák

Anton Petrák

* 1912 †︎ 2009

Veteran of WW2, western front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions) and 2 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1940 - The Battle of France, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 1 more anniversaries

Antonín Petružela

Colonel Antonín Petružela

* 1914

Veteran of WW2, western front, Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, Friars and 1 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1940 - The Battle of France, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk and 2 more anniversaries

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