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

Jan Břinek a boy scout, aged 17

Jan Břinek

* 1933

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Eva Břízová in her work outfit, Hlasivo, year 1957

Eva Břízová

* 1937

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, Fights with Bandera's forces and 3 more anniversaries

In Červená Voda on 7 October 2021

Zdeňka Břízová

* 1937

Forced labour during the WW2, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Farmer

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 1 more anniversaries

Eva Bródyová

* 1959

Emigrant, Holocaust, Illegal border crossing, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, People helping Jews during WWII and 9 more categories

Armenian Genocide, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 12. 3. 1938 - "Anschluss" of Austria, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2 and 13 more anniversaries

Zdenek Brom, on the left, with his family

Zdeněk Brom

* 1937

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

In 1946

Ruth Brösslerová

* 1927 †︎ 2017

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 – Action "DI" (Confidential: Israel)

Miloslav Brouček (1935), historical photography

Ing. Miloslav Brouček

* 1935

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 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 3 more anniversaries

Vladimír Brouček

* 1923 †︎ 2015

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Forced labour during the WW2, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Sokol

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

František Brouk as a guide for the travel agency Čedok in the 1980s

František Brouk

* 1938

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 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

At the time of compulsory military service, 1953

Zdeněk Brož

* 1931

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 10. 6. 1942 – Destruction of Lidice, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

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