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Josef Tomas / Vysoké Mýto / 1952

Professor, Ing., CSc. Josef Tomáš

* 1933

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Boy Scouts, Scientist, 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, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 1 more anniversaries

Old Scout Josef Tomášek at the St. Nicholas meeting in 2000

Josef Tomášek

* 1936

Border Guards, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

Tomczyk Maria, 2025

Maria Tomczyk

* 1937

Poland

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jan Tomeček's passport photo, 1968

Jan Tomeček

* 1926

United States of America, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Czech community in the US, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války and 5 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, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 3 more anniversaries

Antonín Tomešek in DS Oblouková, Šternberk, during an interview for the Memory of Nations, 21 July 2025

Antonín Tomešek

* 1943

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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Josef Tomica.JPG (historic)

Ing. Josef Tomica

* 1925 †︎ 2017

Veteran of WW2, western front, Wehrmacht soldier, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Božena Tomšová, 1950s

Božena Tomšová

* 1936

Internační tábor Svatobořice u Kyjova, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Déclassé, Relatives of important personalities and 4 more categories

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 24. 10. 1942 - poprava 261 československých odbojářů v KT Mauthausen

Witness Jiřina Tóthová

Jiřina Tóthová

* 1947

Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, People helping Jews during WWII, National minorities, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus and 1 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, Death marches 1944-1945 and 6 more anniversaries

Jaroslav Toufar / 1990

Jaroslav Toufar

* 1941 †︎ 2023

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, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

AMGP8187.JPG (historic)

Magdalena Toufarová

* 1924 †︎ 2023

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Forced labour during the WW2, People helping Jews during WWII and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 2 more anniversaries

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