5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk | Memory of Nations

In the castle guard

Captain (ret.) Josef Fronc

* 1920 †︎ 2015

Veteran of WW2, western front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Sanitary worker during the World War 2, The Army of the Protectorate Bohemia-Moravia, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Oldřich Glet in 1945

Oldřich Glet

* 1920

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Veteran of WW2, western front

5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 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

Oldřich Halad

* 1922 †︎ 2010

Veteran of WW2, western front, Forced labour during the WW2

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

Charlie Heller, Morristown, New Jersey, 1959

PhDr. Charles Ota Heller

* 1936

Emigrant, Holocaust, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Hidden people, Déclassé and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

MUDr. Josef Hercz

Brigadier General (ret.) Josef Hercz

* 1917 †︎ 2010

Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Emigrant, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee and 1 more categories

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

Miroslav Hladil

* 1919 †︎ 2017

Veteran of WW2, western front

5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 6. 6. 1944 - Overlord

Stanislav Hnělička

Stanislav Hnělička

* 1922 †︎ 2016

Veteran of WW2, western front, Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee

21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

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Jiří Horák

* 1919 †︎ 2014

Veteran of WW2, western front

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1940 - The Battle of France and 2 more anniversaries

Oto Horovič

Oto Horovič

* 1922 †︎ 2004

Veteran of WW2, western front, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 6. 6. 1944 - Overlord

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