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

Jiřina Nehybová during her studies at grammar school

Jiřina Nehybová

* 1961

Secret police informer, Anti-communist rebel, The underground, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Petr Nejtek in 2025

Ing. Petr Nejtek

* 1941

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Alois Veselý Jr. with his two daughters (left Alena Nekolová), early 1960s

Alena Nekolová

* 1954

People helping Jews during WWII, Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 2 more anniversaries

Miloslav Nekvasil in 1970s

Miloslav Nekvasil

* 1930 †︎ 2022

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Dagmar Nemcova, 1970

Dagmar Němcová

* 1930

People helping Jews during WWII, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from 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

Lydia Němcová, circa 1962

Lydia Němcová

* 1944

Witness of local events from the Communist era

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Svatava Němcová, 1946

Svatava Němcová

* 1931

Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 22. 8. 1963 – Start of court restitutions, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Doing his compulsory military service in Jaroměř; August 1951

Václav Němec

* 1932

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

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

During the basic military service in 1953

Richard Němec

* 1931 †︎ 2020

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

September 1939- occupation of the entire Upper Silesia by Germany, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, March 1945 - the occupation of Upper Silesia by the Soviet army, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Václav Němeček in 1957

Václav Němeček

* 1938

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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