29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat | Memory of Nations

Portrait from the year 1944

Stanislav Čáslavka

* 1921 †︎ 2016

Forced labour during the WW2

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR

Jarmila Celá during recording for Memory of Nations, Šternberk, May 2024

Jarmila Celá

* 1933

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Josef Čermák

Josef Čermák

* 1924

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Journalist and 3 more categories

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, 8. 9. 1948 – Funeral of President Edvard Beneš and 2 more anniversaries

Josef Čermák

Professor Josef Čermák

* 1928 †︎ 2020

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Writer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 3 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 7 more anniversaries

Marta Čermáková in front of the church - photo from her youth

Marta Čermáková

* 1930

Friars, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat

Contemporary portrait

Adolf Černý

* 1942

Communist official, Forced labour during the WW2, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 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 and 3 more anniversaries

Černý 1945.JPG (historic)

Mečislav Černý

* 1919 †︎ 2012

Veteran of WW2, western front, Emigrant, National minorities, Royal Air Force, Forced labour during the WW2

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, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Oty Černý detail.JPG (historic)

Otakar Černý

* 1919 †︎ 2009

Veteran of WW2, western front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, Royal Air Force and 4 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, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Portrait

Doc. PhDr., CSc. Radomír Choděra

* 1925 †︎ unknown

Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Olga Chotová, 1970s

Olga Chotová

* 1937

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

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