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Anna Lukešová in 1962

Anna Lukešová

* 1935

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Dana Lukešová (left) with her father František Plánička and older sister Milena, late 1930s

Dana Lukešová

* 1935

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

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, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Jiřina Lukešová, around 1950

Jiřina Lukešová

* 1932

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Jiří Lukš, approximately mid-1960s

Jiří Lukš

* 1937

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, 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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Libuše Lvová in 2025

Libuše Lvová

* 1934 †︎ 2025

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Františka Lysoňková, 1949

Františka Lysoňková

* 1942

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Jiří Lysuk

* 1921 †︎ 2008

Czech minority in the former USSR, National minorities, Member of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps (General Svoboda's army), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 3 more categories

Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, Ukrainian insurgent movement 1930–1950, 23.8.1939 - Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland and 5 more anniversaries

Anna Macečková, circa mid-1940s

Anna Macečková

* 1928

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Josef Mach after the war

Ing. Josef Mach

* 1924 †︎ 2022

Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, Studentské pochody na Pražský hrad

František Macháček - contemporary photo from gymnasium

Ing. František Macháček

* 1935

Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts, Sokol, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death

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