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

Olga Dvořáková during the recording of an interview for the Stories of Our Neighbours project, May 2023

Olga Dvořáková

* 1944

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Zdeněk Dymák in 2019

Zdeněk Dymák

* 1923

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR

Karel Dynka in 2018

Karel Dýnka

* 1929

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 1 more anniversaries

Lizzy in London in April 1952

Lizzy Dyszkiewicz

* 1927

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Prisoner of the Mauthausen concentration camp and 1 more categories

13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

Toni Eckert, 2018

Toni Eckert

* 1936

Sudeten Germans

18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Gabriela Ederová

* 1946

Illegal border crossing, Nobility, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Vera Egermayer in 2024

Věra Egermayerová

* 1940

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

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

35 - Vlasta Rousarova in 1962

Vlasta Ehrenbergerová

* 1940

Relative of a political prisoner, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Ervin Eichner in 2019

Ervin Eichner

* 1926 †︎ 2021

Bata school Graduate, Holocaust, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The topic of security forces before 1989

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

Eva Eisner as a four-year-old

Eva Eisner

* 1936

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 5.-10. 6. 1967 Six-Day War, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

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