1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia | Memory of Nations

Emílie Prošková, recording session with Memory of Nation, May 2023

Emilie Prošková

* 1936

Victim of forced relocation, Boy Scouts, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Průšek Dobroslav

Dobroslav Průšek

* 1924 †︎ 2014

Forced labour during the WW2

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

František Psota

František Psota

* 1929

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Relative of a political prisoner, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Sokol, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Ivan Ptáčník when he was six years old, 1965

Ing. Ivan Ptáčník

* 1961

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Marie Pucharová née Freislebenová around 1950

Marie Pucharová

* 1934

Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vilma Pupová (Hadwigerová)

Vilma Pupová

* 1928

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Relative of a political prisoner, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 17.6.1953 - Uprising of 1953 in East Germany

Marcela Pustinová in the late 1950s

Marcela Pustinová

* 1939

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Ivo Raab with Anna Hönigová

Ivo Raab

* 1934

People helping Jews during WWII, Boy Scouts, Holocaust, National minorities, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945 and 4 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising and 1 more anniversaries

In the army in 1947.

Leopold Ráb

* 1924

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

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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Elvíra Rábková (Schlegelová) as a bride

Elvíra Rábková

* 1934 †︎ 2020

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Memory of vanished settlements, Sudeten Germans

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

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