2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area | Memory of Nations

Witness at the military service in 1962

Dr. Ing. Stanislav Gawlik

* 1941

Poland, Historian, Politician, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, Výjimečný stav v Polsku

Contemporary portrait of Jan Gomola wearing the Wehrmacht uniform

Jan Gomola

* 1916 †︎ 2021

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Wehrmacht soldier, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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Otto Grant

* 1923

Veteran of WW2, western front, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 25. 11. 1940 - The Patria disaster, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area

Libuše Havlíčková in 1971

Ing., CSc Libuše Havlíčková

* 1932

People helping Jews during WWII, Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Sokol

2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat and 1 more anniversaries

Portrét, rok 1939

Eva Heferová, roz. Měkynová

* 1928

Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps and 1 more anniversaries

Jindřiška Janíková

Jindřiška Janíková

* 1922 †︎ 2020

Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Adolf Kaleta at the time when he fought at Dunkerque

Colonel (ret.) Adolf Kaleta

* 1925 †︎ 2018

Veteran of WW2, western front, National minorities, Wehrmacht soldier

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 6. 6. 1944 - Overlord and 1 more anniversaries

Svatoslav Kalich

Svatoslav Kalich

* 1915 †︎ 2015

The Army of the Protectorate Bohemia-Moravia

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area

Witness with his daughter (1970s)

Adam Kantor

* 1934

Forced labour during the WW2

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Antonín Klečka

* 1924

Veteran of WW2, western front, Wehrmacht soldier

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

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