A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee | Memory of Nations

Laco Déczi in New York (end of the 20th century)

Ladislav Déczi

* 1938

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, A secret police collaborator, A cultural celebrity

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

Kateřina Deetlefsová as an ice skater, 1970s.

Kateřina Deetlefsová

* 1947

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Art and censorship, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

Petr Deiml

* 1950

National minorities, Israel/Palestine, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5.-10. 6. 1967 Six-Day War

Jiří Diamant in 1954

Jiří Diamant

* 1930

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Judy Diamant cca 1945

Judy Diamantová

* 1932

Holocaust, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Hidden people

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

Zdeněk Dittrich in 1946

Zdeněk Dittrich

* 1923 †︎ 2015

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, Studentské pochody na Pražský hrad

Lubor Dohnal

Meir Lubor Dohnal

* 1938

Charter 77 signatory, A cultural celebrity, Holocaust, Boy Scouts, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Yuri Dojč

* 1946

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, People helping Jews during WWII, Hidden people, Art and censorship

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jaroslav Dolejš

* 1953

Representative of the Church, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

historical photography

Imrich Donath

* 1947

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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