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Friedrich von Thun, 2023

Friedrich Thun-Hohenstein

* 1942

Austria, Victim of forced relocation, Déclassé, Nobility, A cultural celebrity

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Božena Tichá in 2023

Božena Tichá

* 1930

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

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 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

contemporary photo

Miroslav Ticháček

* 1924 †︎ 2019

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, The Partisan, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Milan Tichák while studying at a military aviation school

PhDr. Milan Tichák

* 1933 †︎ 2020

Historian, Journalist, Boy Scouts, Sokol, Writer and 4 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák and 9 more anniversaries

Věra Tichánková

Věra Tichánková

* 1920 †︎ 2014

Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Political prisoner in WW2, A cultural celebrity

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Anna Tichavská (Švarcová) before the tragedy

Anna Tichavská, roz. Švarcová

* 1922 †︎ 2013

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 18. 4. 1945 - Zákřovský masakr

Wedding portrati of Antonie Tichopádová, 1956

Antonie Tichopádová

* 1934

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

September 1939- occupation of the entire Upper Silesia by Germany, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, March 1945 - the occupation of Upper Silesia by the Soviet army and 2 more anniversaries

Jiří Tichota as a young boy

PhDr. Jiří Tichota

* 1937

A cultural celebrity, Relative of a political prisoner, Art and censorship

28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Josef Tichý at Technical auxiliary battalions

Josef Tichý

* 1932

Germany, Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions) and 4 more categories

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 and 1 more anniversaries

Jan Tichý in the year 1969 on a photograph for his identity card, which was refused by the Hrádec division of the National Security Corps (SNB)

Jan Tichý

* 1951

Illegal border crossing, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

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, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation and 1 more anniversaries

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