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

authentic foto

Mojmír Kyselka

* 1933

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, University professor

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

Emilie Kyselová

Corporal (today Captain) Emilie Kyselová

* 1925 †︎ 2010

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Josef Lacek around 1943

Josef Lacek

* 1931

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, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Oldřich Lachmann

Oldřich Lachmann

* 1922

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 10. 6. 1942 – Destruction of Lidice and 2 more anniversaries

Libuše Lacinová

Libuše Lacinová

* 1921 †︎ 2018

Journalist, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 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 and 2 more anniversaries

Františka Lafuntálová, 1940s

Františka Lafuntálová

* 1927 †︎ 2024

National minorities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Ladislav Lakomý

Ladislav Lakomý

* 1929 †︎ 2021

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 2 more anniversaries

Hana Lancikova, 1968

Hana Lančíková

* 1938

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Contemporary photo of E. Landisch by the camera

Eduard Landisch

* 1927 †︎ 2015

Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Jiří Lang, a photo of that time

Jiří Lang

* 1931

Underage political prisoners, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Boy Scouts

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Statistics: 21129 Witnesses the Database; 11938 Witness Stories; 21733 Registered Researchers; 176897 Photos; 70062 Clips