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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

Jan Čihák in his gallery, early 1990s

Jan Čihák

* 1940 †︎ 2021

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

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

Růžena Čiháková as a single woman in the 1950s

Růžena Čiháková

* 1930 †︎ 2022

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jaroslav Čihař, in a miner's uniform, 1951

Jaroslav Čihař

* 1935

Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, July 7, 1961 - fire in the mine Dukla

Libuše Čihařová, then still Řídká, at work, 1953

Libuše Čihařová

* 1930

Déclassé, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 3 more anniversaries

Josef Cihelka at the time of training to become a businessman

Josef Cihelka

* 1927 †︎ 2020

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Josef Cihelník, a portrait

Josef Cihelník

* 1933 †︎ 2022

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

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