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His uncle Vladimír Grégr; around 1937

Vladimír Grégr

* 1933

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, People helping Jews during WWII, Victim of forced relocation, Odbojová skupina bratří Mašínů and 3 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 1 more anniversaries

As a twenty-year-old, Jaroslav Grosman was „totally mounted“ into a branch of the company Daimler-Benz in Nová Paka. Along with friends they disrupted the power line and thus closed down part of the factory.

Jaroslav Grosman

* 1924 †︎ 2012

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, Agent of the western secret services (cold war) and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Before the draft to Bundeswehr

Werner Grubeck

* 1952

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Austria

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Alois Grůz

Alois Grůz

* 1926

Relative of a political prisoner, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Member of Orel

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Jiří Gruz - probably in 1976

Jiří Gruz

* 1948

Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Johannes Gutmann in 2022

Johannes Gutmann

* 1965

Austria, Environmentalist

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Gyarmati László

László Gyarmati

* 1934

Dissident, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Hungary

23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Current photo from the interview.

Marta Györiová (rod. Grossmanová)

* 1947

Emigrant, Holocaust, Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Jan Hájek arrives in Norway - media coverage

Jan Hájek

* 1964 †︎ 2022

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relatives of important personalities

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Josef Hájek, around 1950

Josef Hájek

* 1934 †︎ 2019

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 1 more anniversaries

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