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

Miroslav Ilek in 2016

Miroslav Ilek

* 1923 †︎ 2017

Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Forced labour during the WW2

2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Broumov, 1946

Major (ret.) Jan Iljáš

* 1922 †︎ 2021

A warder in a communist prison, National minorities, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 3 more categories

2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 1 more anniversaries

Blažej Ingr, as a young man

Ing. Blažej Ingr

* 1928

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 1 more anniversaries

Earl Ingram, a portrait

Earl Ingram

* 1922 †︎ 2021

Veteran of WW2, western front, United States of America

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Nina Ingris

Nina Ingrišová

* 1931

Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Cossacks, Czech community in the US and 5 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

"This photograph was taken by a family friend, Karel Mařatka. It was shot just after the end of an unveiling of a memorial plaque on the 19th of May, 2001. "Dad's former colleagues, civilian pilots, asked the Czechoslovak Airlines to sponsor the event. Their flags were hoisted on wooden masts on the lawn near the house and the marketing department agreed that I would represent them wearing their uniform. My relief that we managed the event is well visible. It rained and we were soaked to the bone and tired dead. The preparations for the event were exhausting even though my mother was a great help as a sort of 'liaison officer'."

Iveta Irvingová

Illegal border crossing, Journalist, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Political prisoner in WW2 and 11 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1940 - The Battle of France, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 10 more anniversaries

Jan Iserle in 1938

Jan Iserle

* 1919 †︎ 2024

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 2 more anniversaries

Božena Koutná (Ivanová), 1945

Božena Ivanová

* 1927 †︎ 2023

Czech minority in the former USSR, Member of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps (General Svoboda's army), Veteran of WW2, eastern front

1932 - 1933 - Holodomor - Great famine in Ukraine, 1941, August 27-28 - Mass murder of Jews in Kamianets Podolskyi, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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Harry Jacobs

* 1924

6. 6. 1944 - Overlord, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Marie Jáčová in 1958

Marie Jáčová

* 1932

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

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