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Hans Lau with his brother Heinz as a Wehrmacht lance corporal in 1943

Hans Lau

* 1938

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

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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Ladislav Laubr

* 1920 †︎ 2016

Forced labour during the WW2, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Political prisoner in WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Marie Lauermannová in her youth

Mgr. Marie Lauermannová

* 1942

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Juraj Laufer in his graduation photo, 1957

Juraj Laufer

* 1936

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

Alena Laufrová, 1978

ak. malířka Alena Laufrová

* 1952

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists, Art and censorship, Descendant of a Holocaust survivor

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 3 more anniversaries

Jarmila Lebedová (50s)

Jarmila Lebedová

* 1925 †︎ unknown

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Růžena Lebedová in wedding photo

Růžena Lebedová

* 1930 †︎ 2020

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

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

Blažena Lébrová

Blažena Lébrová

* 1937

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

Arnošt Lederer

Dr. private (ret.) Arnošt Lederer

* 1924 †︎ 2021

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, People helping Jews during WWII, Israel/Palestine, Participant in antifascist resistance and 1 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Vilém Lederer at the end of occupation

Vilém Lederer

* 1942

Relative of a political prisoner, Hidden people

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou and 7 more anniversaries

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