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

Ludmila Janská, 2016

Ludmila Janská

* 1938

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 4. 1968 – Formation of KAN (Club of Active Non-partisans) and 5 more anniversaries

Marie Janštová, Šternberk, early 1980s

Marie Janštová

* 1931

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 1 more anniversaries

Janyšová - youth - portrait

Libuše Janyšová

* 1932

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

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

Josef Jařab in 2018

Professor Josef Jařab

* 1937 †︎ 2023

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

8. 3. 1943 - The battle of Sokolovo, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1990 - 1991 - Odsun sovětských vojsk z Československa, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

contemporary photo

Jarmila Jarkovská

* 1924

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Olga Jaroňová, 1958

Olga Jaroňová

* 1930

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 1 more anniversaries

Cutout of a portrait photograph of Jiří Jaroš, 1947

Jiří Jaroš

* 1929

Spolupracovník Vojenské kontrarozvědky, Forced labour during the WW2, Victim of forced relocation, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Sudeten Germans and 2 more categories

March 1945 - the occupation of Upper Silesia by the Soviet army, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories and 4 more anniversaries

Current photo

Herbert Jarošek

* 1925 †︎ 2016

A cultural celebrity, Boy Scouts, Sokol

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich and 4 more anniversaries

In her youth

Jaromíra Jarošová

* 1934

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

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Jaroslava Jarošová, Telč, 1970

Jaroslava Jarošová

* 1940

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

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

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