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

Jiří Cimrman on a photograph from his graduation photo board, 1955

Jiří Cimrman

* 1935

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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Jozef Činčala

* 1921 †︎ 2007

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Forced labour during the WW2, The Partisan, Slovak army soldier during 1939 - 1945 and 1 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

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Lieutenant General (ret.) Josef Činčár

* 1921 †︎ 2013

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Slovak army soldier during 1939 - 1945

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

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Antonín Činka

* 1923

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 13. 7. 1943 - Destroying of Český Malín

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Miroslav Cipár

* 1935 †︎ 2021

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists, A cultural celebrity

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Marriage of Eduard and Stanislava Císař; January 21st 1950

Eduard Císař

* 1928 †︎ 2025

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, The liberation of the city of Ostrava

20 - the witness at the age of eighteen

Blanka Císařovská

* 1927 †︎ 2022

Dissident, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Art and censorship, Scientist

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin and 3 more anniversaries

„Every minute of training they prepared us for combat at a front, not for some hanging about.“ Jaroslav Citterberg during service to Tiso’s Slovak State.

Jozef Citterberg

* 1921 †︎ 2014

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Slovak army soldier during 1939 - 1945

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

Citterbergova Vera

Sergeant Věra Citterbergová

* 1926 †︎ 2007

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Sanitary worker during the World War 2

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

Jaromír Čížek, 1942

Jaromír Čížek

* 1924

Forced labour during the WW2, Political prisoner in WW2, Member of Revolutionary Guard Corps, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 20. 6. 1942 - prezekuce a věznění studentů z Roudnice nad Labem, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

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