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

Václav Najman (probably 1945)

First Lieutenant (ret.) Václav Najman

* 1926

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Forced labour during the WW2 and 4 more categories

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, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 3 more anniversaries

Milan Nakonečný, 2020

Milan Nakonečný

* 1932 †︎ 2025

Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, University professor

23. 3. 1945 Bombing of České Budějovice, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Bohumila Naušová in 2019

Bohumila Naušová

* 1935 †︎ 2023

Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, 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, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Antonín Navrátil

* 1936

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

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

Alois Navrátil

Alois Navrátil

* 1935

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Jaromír Navrátil as a student in Canada

Bachelor Jaromír Navrátil

* 1924 †︎ 2019

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 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

Zdeněk Navrátil as a young man

Zdeněk Navrátil

* 1932

Boy Scouts, 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, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 9 more anniversaries

Hildegarda Návratová

Hildegarda Návratová

* 1930

National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Josef Neček, circa 1929

Josef Neček

* 1927

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Forced labour during the WW2, The Sportsmen

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 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 and 1 more anniversaries

Vladimír Nechyba

Vladimír Nechyba

* 1920 †︎ 2019

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

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