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

Private First Class (ret.) Leo Novák

* 1924

Veteran of WW2, western front, Wehrmacht soldier

5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

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Master Sergeant (ret.) Ota Nový

* 1921 †︎ 2008

Veteran of WW2, western front, Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Emigrant, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine and 1 more categories

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

Otmar Oliva

Otmar Oliva

* 1952

Dissident, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Relative of a political prisoner, Anti-communist rebel, Boy Scouts and 5 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jiří Olšaník, 1973

Jiří Olšaník

* 1953

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

5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Österreicher Leo

Captain (ret.) Leo Österreicher

* 1925 †︎ 2014

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

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

Petr Palarčík, early 90s

Petr Palarčík

* 1963

Dissident, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists, The underground

5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Bernard Papánek in the Czechoslovak armed forces uniform (1942)

Bernard Papánek

* 1920 †︎ 2021

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, National minorities, Israel/Palestine and 2 more categories

12. 3. 1938 - "Anschluss" of Austria, 21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

Jiří Pavel

Jiří Pavel

* 1922 †︎ 2017

French Foreign Legion, Parašutisté vycvičení během druhé světové války ve Velké Británii, Veteran of WW2, western front

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1940 - The Battle of France, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

Jan Pavlíček

* 1917 †︎ 2010

French Foreign Legion, Victim of forced relocation, Veteran of WW2, western front

1940 - The Battle of France, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities

Jan Perl

Lieutenant Colonel (ret.) Jan Perl

* 1922 †︎ 2012

Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 12. 3. 1938 - "Anschluss" of Austria

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