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

Jaroslava 1949 - graduation

Jaroslava Dobruská

* 1925 †︎ 2022

Relative of a political prisoner, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s

Lubor Dohnal

Meir Lubor Dohnal

* 1938

Charter 77 signatory, A cultural celebrity, Holocaust, Boy Scouts, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Felix Döhner in 1971

Felix Döhner

* 1947

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, 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

Lumír Dokoupil (en)

professor PhDr., CSc. Lumír Dokoupil

* 1935

Historian, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Scientist, University professor

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Milena Aubrechtová, daughter of Major Franjo Aubrecht, in 1945

Milena Dolanská

* 1927

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Underage political prisoners, Parašutisté vycvičení během druhé světové války ve Velké Británii, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jaromír Dolanský and a cuddly monkey

Jaromír Dolanský

* 1956

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

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral

Josef Dolejší during his service in the Auxiliary Engineering Corps in 1953-55

Josef Dolejší

* 1933

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions)

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

Antonin Dolezal - younger

Antonín Doležal

* 1929

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Writer, Sokol, Scientist, University professor

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, july 1938 - X. sokol slet's, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising and 5 more anniversaries

Ingrid Doležalová in 2025

Ingrid Doležalová

* 1939

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, 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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Contemporary photo

Jarmila Doležalová

* 1930 †︎ 2023

Relative of a political prisoner, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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