A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee | Memory of Nations

Ján Gadžo as a soldier in US army (1971 - 1973)

Ján Gadžo

* 1949

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

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Hanuš Gaertner

* 1926 †︎ 2022

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 3 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 9. - 10. 11. 1938 Crystal Night, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 7 more anniversaries

Stephen Gaertner upon arrival in California, 1966

Stephen Gaertner

* 1929 †︎ 2022

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Czech community in the US, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Historical portrait of Eva, Prague, 1964

MUDr. Eva Galleová

* 1940

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Déclassé, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner and 1 more categories

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”

Augustin Ladislav Gazda

Augustin Ladislav Gazda

* 1960 †︎ 2019

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Friars and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad

Jiří Gebert in the graduation photo

Ing. arch. Jiří Gebert

* 1942

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Eva Gerhard during an interview in Bratislava

Eva Gerhardová

* 1929

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Prisoner of the Mauthausen concentration camp, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Prisoners in the labour camps in Nováky, Sereď and Vyhne in Slovakia

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 5.-10. 6. 1967 Six-Day War

Hana in 1947

Hana Gerzanicová

* 1928 †︎ 2023

A cultural celebrity, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Repatriated and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

Lisa Kumermann (Elisheva Gidron). 1946.

Elisheva Gidron, roz. Kummermann

* 1920

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, National minorities, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, Boy Scouts and 4 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

Richard Glazar, 1981

Richard Glazar

* 1920 †︎ 1997

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

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