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Věra Obručová during recording for Memory of Nations, 4 September 2022, Vizovice

JUDr. Věra Obručová

* 1935

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 4 more anniversaries

Arnošt Obrusník at the apprenticeship school for bakers in Hladke Životice in 1954

Arnošt Obrusník

* 1939

German minority in Poland after 1945, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Sudeten Germans and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 20 October 1944 - Liberation of Belgrade, March 1945 - the occupation of Upper Silesia by the Soviet army and 5 more anniversaries

obst_dobove.jpg (historic)

Arnošt Obst

* 1944

Sudeten Germans

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Igor Ocelka in 2024

Igor Ocelka

* 1939

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jiří Otčenášek (2015)

Jiří Očenášek

* 1928 †︎ 2022

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, A cultural celebrity, Boy Scouts, The Sportsmen and 3 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 9 more anniversaries

ID picture from 1970

Jan Odstrčil

* 1937

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, 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, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Josef Ohnheiser in 1948

Josef Ohnheiser

* 1932

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, National minorities, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 1 more anniversaries

Witness Danica Okrucká as a young woman

JUDr. Danica Okrucká

* 1940

Lawyer, Lawyer in the 50`s, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Déclassé, Hidden people

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Šarlota as bridesmaid

Šarlota Olšáková

* 1933

Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, National minorities, Relative of a political prisoner, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 1 more anniversaries

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

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