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

Witness´s wedding photo

Marie Anonymní

* 1933

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

František Antl

František Antl

* 1941 †︎ 2022

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army

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

Margita Antonová in her youth

Margita Antonová

* 1936

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, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Soňa Antošová during the shooting

Soňa Antošová

* 1937

Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 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, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Ludvík Armbruster as a secondary-school student, Ústín, 1945

Professor Ludwig Armbruster

* 1928 †︎ 2021

Representative of the Church, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Boy Scouts, Scientist and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 12. 3. 1938 - "Anschluss" of Austria, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 1 more anniversaries

Lieutenant Norbert Auerbach

* 1922 †︎ 2009

Veteran of WW2, western front, Emigrant, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

Battle of the Bulge, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 6. 6. 1944 - Overlord

Josef Babák, 1945

Master Sergeant (ret.) Josef Babák

* 1925 †︎ 2015

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Czech minority in the former USSR and 2 more categories

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 3 more anniversaries

Witness Josef Bábek

Josef Bábek

* 1941

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

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

Youth portrait

Ing. Oldřich Babka

* 1925 †︎ 2016

Forced labour during the WW2

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, Studentské pochody na Pražský hrad, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Františka Bachanová

* 1935 †︎ unknown

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns

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