22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR | Memory of Nations

Eduard Picka

* 1923 †︎ 2012

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Red Army soldier

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 3.9.1942 - 2.2.1943 Battle of Stalingrad

Viktor Pivovarov (1958)

Viktor Pivovarov

* 1937

A cultural celebrity, National minorities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin

Taťjana Podhajská

Taťjana Podhajská, roz. Kogramš

* 1926

National minorities, Forced labour during the WW2, Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Belarus

22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Pogosyan Mesrov

Lieutenant (ret.) Mesrov Pogosyan

* 1920

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Red Army soldier, Soldier of the Soviet Army

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR

Vladimír Polák 1

Vladimír Polák

* 1937

Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Volhynian Czechs

1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR

Kateřina Polášková

Kateřina Polášková

* 1922

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, The Partisan, Red Army soldier, Sanitary worker during the World War 2

22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR

Václav Polívka in his youth

Václav Polívka

* 1934 †︎ 2023

Volhynian Czechs, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, National minorities, Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939

17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR and 1 more anniversaries

Dimitrij Popjuk 23 years

Dimitrij Popjuk

* 1921 †︎ 2007

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, National minorities and 4 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR and 5 more anniversaries

Štefan Popjuk

* 1915 †︎ unknown

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, A communist interrogator, National minorities, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Antonín Popovič

Antonín Popovič

* 1924 †︎ 2008

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 3. - 6. 11. 1943 - Battle of Kiev and 1 more anniversaries

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