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

A portrait of that time of Jarmila Trösterová, late 1960s

Jarmila Trösterová

* 1941

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists, A cultural celebrity

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jiri Tucek_1972 (Privatarchiv Tucek).jpg (historic)

Jiří Tuček

* 1944

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Pavel Tučný

* 1925 †︎ 2022

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Boy Scouts, Forced labour during the WW2, Sokol and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich

Vítězslav Tůma (en)

Vítězslav Tůma

* 1929 †︎ 2021

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Ludmila Tůmová, 1944

Ludmila Tůmová

* 1938

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Life along the Iron Curtain

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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Jan Turek

* 1929

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Communist official, Member of Revolutionary Guard Corps

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Milena Válová at sixteen years old

Milena Uhlíková

* 1929

Forced labour during the WW2, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR and 3 more anniversaries

Eva Uhlířová, 1960s

Eva Uhlířová

* 1924 †︎ 2024

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Forced labour during the WW2

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Milena Urbánková Borská, a portrait

Milena Urbánková-Borská

* 1928 †︎ unknown

Boy Scouts, Sokol

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

Eva Václavíková

Eva Václavíková

* 1933

Holocaust, Relative of a political prisoner, Hidden people

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

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