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First Holy Communion of Margit Janatová, Bernartice 1947

Margit Janatová

* 1936

Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Josef Jančar as a young person

Josef Jančar

* 1925

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Josef Jančář

PhDr. Josef Jančář , CSc.

* 1931 †︎ 2025

Member of Orel, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Déclassé, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 5 more anniversaries

Gotthard Janda, circa 1980s

Gotthard Janda

* 1939

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

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

Jan Janda as a young man

Jan Janda

* 1922 †︎ 2012

Forced labour during the WW2, Hidden people

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 23. 3. 1945 Bombing of České Budějovice, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jan Janda

Ing. Jan Janda

* 1943

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 31. 10. 1967 – Spontaneous student demonstration in Prague, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 4 more anniversaries

Portrait of Milena, Prague 1942

Milena Janda

* 1935

Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in WW2 and 8 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities and 3 more anniversaries

Václav Janda

* 1938 †︎ 2019

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

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

Miroslav Jandásek (cca 1955)

Ing. Miroslav Jandásek

* 1923 †︎ 2018

Relative of a political prisoner, Relatives of important personalities, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Drahoslava Janderová with her daughter Tereza

Drahoslava Janderová

* 1946

Dissident, Relatives of important personalities, Anti-communist rebel, Emigrants from Russia, Charter 77 signatory and 6 more categories

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 31. 10. 1967 – Spontaneous student demonstration in Prague, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 4 more anniversaries

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