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Vintage photograph of Josef Chroust

Josef Chroust

* 1935

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat

Ladislav Chudík

* 1941

Descendant of a Holocaust survivor, Emigrant

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Věra Chudobová at the age of one (1936)

Věra Chudobová

* 1935

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

Michal Chumchal around 1945

Michal Chumchal

* 1941

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Emílie Chválová

Emílie Chválová

* 1934 †︎ 2012

The Children of Lidice

10. 6. 1942 – Destruction of Lidice, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Regina Chwirot

* 1933

German minority in Poland after 1945, Poland

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 12.1.1945 - 13.2.1945 Vistula–Oder Offensive

Alena Chyská in 1952

MUDr. Alena Chyská

* 1932 †︎ 2024

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, 21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk

Jitka Chytráčková, then Náprstková, in theatre costume, Turnov, 1960

Jitka Chytráčková

* 1946

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Relatives of important personalities, Royal Air Force and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation and 8 more anniversaries

Marie Sergijivna Cigankova

Maria Sergijivna Cigankova, roz. Zbirun

* 1924

Participant in antifascist resistance, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Farmer and 1 more categories

22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine and 2 more anniversaries

Karel Cígler

* 1924 †︎ unknown

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Political prisoner in WW2, Boy Scouts, Forced labour during the WW2

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, Studentské pochody na Pražský hrad

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