23. 3. 1945 Bombing of České Budějovice

23. 3. 1945

11th national Sokol festival in Prague, 1948

Bedřich Boršek

* 1928

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 23. 3. 1945 Bombing of České Budějovice, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Self-portrait, 1954, 32 x 25 cm, charcoal drawing, study for an oil painting of his hand; created in his poorly lit student apartment in Karolína Světlá Street

academic painter Josef Hošna

* 1926

A cultural celebrity, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Artists

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 3 more anniversaries

Jitka Jachninová, 1970s

Jitka Jachninová

* 1929

Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship

1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 23. 3. 1945 Bombing of České Budějovice, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Jan Janda as a young man

Jan Janda

* 1922 †︎ 2012

Forced labour during the WW2, Hidden people

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 23. 3. 1945 Bombing of České Budějovice, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Miloslav Kopfstein in 1951

Miloslav Kopfstein

* 1935

Underage political prisoners, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 3. 1945 Bombing of České Budějovice, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Young sister Teodora

Teodora Helena Kubínová

* 1924

Representative of the Church, Forced labour during the WW2, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Friars, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 23. 3. 1945 Bombing of České Budějovice, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks

Professor, PhDr. Bohumil Nuska , CSc.

* 1932

Historian, Boy Scouts, Writer, Scientist

23. 3. 1945 Bombing of České Budějovice, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Jiří Pešek in the uniform of the Auxiliary Engineering Corps (1954)

Jiří Pešek

* 1930

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

23. 3. 1945 Bombing of České Budějovice, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jan Solpera in the 1980s

Professor Jan Solpera

* 1939

A comunist official, The Journalist, Relatives of important personalities, The relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 5 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 3. 1945 Bombing of České Budějovice, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis and 7 more anniversaries

Václav Šulista from the university times (1949)

Václav Šulista

* 1930

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 3. 1945 Bombing of České Budějovice, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

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