5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising | Memory of Nations

Jaroslav Květina in 1972

Prof. RnDr., DrSc Jaroslav Květina

* 1930 †︎ 2022

Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist and 1 more categories

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Young Věra Kyjovská

Věra Kyjovská

* 1934

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Relative of a political prisoner

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

young Ladislava Kyptová

Ladislava Kyptová

* 1941

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Oldřich Lachmann

Oldřich Lachmann

* 1922

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 10. 6. 1942 – Destruction of Lidice and 2 more anniversaries

Václav Lachout

Václav Lachout

* 1927

Participant in antifascist resistance, Boy Scouts, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

Hana Lamková

* 1934

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Art and censorship, Artists

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Contemporary photo of E. Landisch by the camera

Eduard Landisch

* 1927 †︎ 2015

Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Hana Landová’s high school graduation photo, 1953

Hana Landová

* 1934

People helping Jews during WWII, Déclassé, Life along the Iron Curtain

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jiří Langer / early 1960s

Jiří Langer

* 1936

Historian, Sokol, Writer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

dobový portrét výřez.jpg (historic)

Karel Lánský

* 1924 †︎ 2019

Communist official, People helping Jews during WWII, Journalist, Forced labour during the WW2, Participant in antifascist resistance and 3 more categories

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 22. 8. 1968 – Extraordinary congress (the “Vysočany Congress”) of KSČ, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 5 more anniversaries

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