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Stanislav Ďureje in the early 1990s

MUDr. Stanislav Ďureje

* 1941

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Anna Ďurišová as a young girl

Anna Ďurišová

* 1938

Holocaust, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, People helping Jews during WWII, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 3 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 3 more anniversaries

Fedor Durkot

* 1921

Member of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps (General Svoboda's army), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W, Veteran of WW2, former Yugoslavia, Veteran of WW2, eastern front and 1 more categories

2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 6. 4. - 17. 4. 1941 Dubnová válka (Německý útok na Jugoslávii) , 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Marta Dušánková

Marta Dušánková

* 1924

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

With sister in 1943

RNDr. František Dusbábek , DrSc.

* 1937

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Anna Dusová during filming

Anna Dusová

* 1935

Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jaroslav Dvořáček in 1950

Jaroslav Dvořáček

* 1929 †︎ 2021

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, The topic of security forces before 1989

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Graduation photograph, 1956

Zdeňka Dvořáčková

* 1937

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Relative of a political prisoner

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

František Dvořák

František Dvořák

* 1932 †︎ 2022

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Josef Dvořák in 1946, high school graduation photograph

Ing. Josef Dvořák

* 1927

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 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 and 1 more anniversaries

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