8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII | Memory of Nations

Eva Lízalková at EXPO 58 in Brussels

Eva Lízalková

* 1925

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17.4.-19.11. 1958 - EXPO 58, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

18-years-old František Lízna, high-school graduation, city of Jevíčko

František Lízna

* 1941 †︎ 2021

Dissident, Representative of the Church, Illegal border crossing, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia and 6 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Ivan Ljavinec

Monsignor Ivan Ljavinec

* 1923 †︎ 2012

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Representative of the Church

29. 6. 1945 – Withdrawal from the Carpatho-Russia in favour of the USSR, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, The liberation of the city of Wiena

Elżbieta Lobert

Elżbieta Lobert

* 1929

German minority in Poland after 1945, Poland

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 12.1.1945 - 13.2.1945 Vistula–Oder Offensive

Hana Lobkowiczová, historical portrait

Hana Lobkowiczová

* 1928 †︎ 2025

Relatives of important personalities, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), 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 6 more anniversaries

Otokar Löbl during Eye Direct recording in Prague, 2022

Otokar Löbl

* 1950

Germany, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Journalist, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Sudeten Germans

1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Tomáš Lom 1945

Tomáš Lom

* 1924 †︎ 2021

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, National minorities, Royal Air Force

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

František Lorenc

* 1937

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Anastázie Lorencová, a photo of that time

Anastázie Lorencová

* 1920

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Lorencová Anna,2014

Anna Lorencová

* 1927 †︎ 2018

Holocaust, Theresienstadt Ghetto

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps and 3 more anniversaries

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