23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation | Memory of Nations

Jaroslava Jarošová, Telč, 1970

Jaroslava Jarošová

* 1940

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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

Contemporary photo

Josef Jehlík

* 1927 †︎ 2017

Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 3 more anniversaries

Alena Jehnová

* 1938

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 2 more anniversaries

Soňa Jelínková (Straková)

Soňa Jelínková

* 1928 †︎ 2023

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 5 more anniversaries

Ivana Jeništová during recording for Memory of Nations, 24 February 2022, Olomouc

Ivana Jeništová

* 1947

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 5 more anniversaries

Jaroslava Jesenská, a portrait

Jaroslava Jesenská

* 1942

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

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

First communion in the church in Borová, 1955

Petr Jílek

* 1956

Dissident, Environmentalist, Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime

High school graduation portrait of Václav Jílek, 1968

Václav Jílek

* 1949

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Marie Jílková in the second half of 1960s

Marie Jílková

* 1949

Member of an Illegal Church, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Bohumila Jindrová in 1951

Bohumila Jindrová

* 1935 †︎ 2025

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR and 5 more anniversaries

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