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

Štefan Koma - 40 years old theologian (1970)

Štefan Koma

* 1929

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Catholic clerical, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Jaroslav Komárek, 1945

Jaroslav Komárek

* 1925

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 5 more anniversaries

1938: before the war in festive costume from his native village

Růžena Komosná

* 1920 †︎ 2020

Member of Orel, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, A cultural celebrity

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

1946 - Matěj Komosný as a soldier in Slavičín

Matěj Komosný

* 1924 †︎ 2019

Forced labour during the WW2, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Hidden people

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Mikuláš Končický

Mikuláš Končický

* 1925 †︎ 2015

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989

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, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR

Štefan Kondás in the military, 1953

Štefan Kondáš

* 1932

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Witness Magdaléna with parents: mother Rozália and father Herman Pessel.

Magdaléna Konečná (Bínovská)

* 1938

People helping Jews during WWII, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

František Konečný

* 1918 †︎ 2006

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, Wehrmacht soldier, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 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 and 1 more anniversaries

Vladimír Konečný

Ing. Vladimír Konečný

* 1929

Anti-communist rebel, Boy Scouts, Underage political prisoners, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák and 3 more anniversaries

With black tabs

Emil Konfala

* 1929

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

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