8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

8. 5. 1945

Portrait

Yeshayahu (Kostia) Nir

* 1930

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Prisoners in the labour camps in Nováky, Sereď and Vyhne in Slovakia

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Petr, 1945

Petr Werner Noack

* 1943

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, National minorities, The relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu and 1 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

childhood before the war

Eva Nosková

* 1936 †︎ 2015

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR

Irena Nosková in 1965

Irena Nosková

* 1956

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, The relative of a political prisoner, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

As a student of the nursing school

Hana Nosková roz. Panská

* 1938

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Alojz Novák as an aviator

Pplk.v.v. Alojz Novák

* 1932

Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, The Sportsmen

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, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Eduard Novák

* 1922

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, The Partisan

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

František Novák, circa 2000

František Novák

* 1934

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Farmer

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, Fights with Bandera's forces, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Richard Novák during the interview in 2012

Mgr. Richard Novák

* 1930

Representative of the Church, National minorities, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Non-Catholic clerical and 2 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin

Richard Novák

Richard Novák

* 1931

A cultural celebrity, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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