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

Rostislav Čech

Rostislav Čech

* 1925 †︎ 2010

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Jiří Čechák while jumping (approx. 192 cm) in Dvůr Králové, 1967

Mgr. Jiří Čechák

* 1938 †︎ 2024

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Czech community in the US, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, The Sportsmen and 2 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Josef Čechák twenty years old or so

Ing. Josef Čechák

* 1930 †︎ 2024

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Jindřiška Čechová, 2021

Jindřiška Čechová

* 1927

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 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, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 4 more anniversaries

Jiřina Čechová ED

Jiřina Čechová

* 1937

Dissident, Historian, Charter 77 signatory, The underground

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 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, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 6 more anniversaries

Květoslava Čechová, ca. 1940

Květoslava Čechová

* 1929

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, Death marches 1944-1945, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

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Jiří Čechura

* 1933 †︎ 2025

Boy Scouts

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories

Vladislav Cejtchaml

Major (ret.) Vladislav Cejtchaml

* 1927 †︎ 2015

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR

Jarmila Celá during recording for Memory of Nations, Šternberk, May 2024

Jarmila Celá

* 1933

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Vlastimil Čelikovský at age 23

Vlastimil Čelikovský

* 1944

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

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