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Jindřicha Trojan´s portrait, period photo from 1999

Jindřich Trojan

* 1942 †︎ 2023

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Hana Tvrská

Hana Tvrská

* 1928 †︎ 2021

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, National minorities, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 8. - 9. března 1944 - Hromadná vražda vězňů tzv. Terezínského rodinného táb, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Witness during the studies at high school

Prof. Ing., CSc. Jaromír Ulbrecht

* 1928

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Portrait of the witness, created in 1965 on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the end of World War II, Smena magazine, author Slávo Kalný

MUDr. Eva Mária Umlauf

* 1942

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Forced labour during the WW2, Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 3 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 29 August 1944 - Release of Jews from the Nováky concentration camp, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 27. 1. 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camp Auschwitz, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 2 more anniversaries

Jana Urbanová, née Klačerová, in the summer of 1945 after her return from Terezín

Jana Urbanová

* 1937 †︎ 2023

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, National minorities, Holocaust, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 1 more anniversaries

Eva Václavíková

Eva Václavíková

* 1933

Holocaust, Relative of a political prisoner, Hidden people

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Valocky dobova.jpg (historic)

Matej Valocký

* 1925 †︎ 2019

Political prisoner in WW2, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W and 1 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jaroslav Vašek, 2020, portrait 2

Jaroslav Vašek

* 1924 †︎ 2023

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, Death marches 1944-1945, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

Mr. Venglář

Alexander Venglář

* 1920

Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Diplomat

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

Jarmila Veverová Králová, Kraslice circa 1970

MUDr. Jarmila Veverová-Králová

* 1930

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Forced labour during the WW2, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts and 3 more categories

1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

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