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

Jan Jakubec

Lieutenant (ret.) Jan Jakubec

* 1915 †︎ 2008

Veteran of WW2, western front, French Foreign Legion, Participant in antifascist resistance, Sokol

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1940 - The Battle of France, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk and 1 more anniversaries

Bedřich Jiránek

Lieutenant (ret.) Bedřich Jiránek

* 1924 †︎ 2015

French Foreign Legion, The Partisan, Veteran of WW2, western front, The Army of the Protectorate Bohemia-Moravia

5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Vojtěch Jůna, historical photography

Vojtěch Jůna

* 1920 †︎ 2010

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Veteran of WW2, western front

1940 - The Battle of France, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Miloslav Jungmann

Lieutenant Miloslav Jungmann

* 1924 †︎ 2013

Veteran of WW2, western front, Participant in antifascist resistance, The Partisan, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Repatriated

5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Adolf Kaleta at the time when he fought at Dunkerque

Colonel (ret.) Adolf Kaleta

* 1925 †︎ 2018

Veteran of WW2, western front, National minorities, Wehrmacht soldier

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 6. 6. 1944 - Overlord and 1 more anniversaries

Josef Kaluža

Private First Class Josef Kaluža

* 1923

Veteran of WW2, western front, Wehrmacht soldier, People helping Jews during WWII, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

František Kaplan

Colonel František Kaplan

* 1921 †︎ 2013

Veteran of WW2, western front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Boy Scouts, Relatives of important personalities

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1940 - The Battle of France, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 21. 6. 1949 – Execution of General Heliodor Píka

kaspar_bretislav1.jpg (historic)

Břetislav Kašpar

* 1921 †︎ 2013

Veteran of WW2, western front, Emigrant, The Partisan, Relative of a political prisoner

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1940 - The Battle of France, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

Jan Kavan pictured on his British passport in the 1980s

Jan Kavan

* 1946

Diplomat, Dissident, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner, A secret police collaborator and 2 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 8 more anniversaries

Nadpraporčík v.v. Vladislav Klečka

* 1922 †︎ 2017

Veteran of WW2, western front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Wehrmacht soldier, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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