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Pavel Jelínek, around 1960

Ing. Pavel Jelínek

* 1935

Holocaust, People helping Jews during WWII, Israel/Palestine, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Zdeněk Jelínek, 1960s

Mgr. Zdeněk Jelínek

* 1932 †︎ 2024

Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Barbora Jelínková, nee. Hrůzová, shortly after her arrival in Bohemia, 1950

Barbora Jelínková

* 1930

Romania, Czechs from Banat, National minorities, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Industrial settler in border region in 60' and 3 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 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

Wedding photo of Berta Jelínková, Cheb, 1952

Berta Jelínková

* 1933

Romania, Czechs from Banat, National minorities, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Industrial settler in border region in 60' and 3 more categories

1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jarmila Jelínková as a bride

Jarmila Jelínková

* 1937

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Milada Jelínková in 2023

Milada Jelínková

* 1937

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

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

Pavel Vlastimil Jeník (2015)

PhDr. Pavel Vlastimil Jeník

* 1935

Boy Scouts

26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague

Bozena Jensovska

Božena Jenšovská

* 1929 †︎ 2025

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, Relative of a political prisoner, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

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

Accordionist Ludvík Jersák shortly after the war

Ludvík Jersák

* 1936

Czech minority in the former USSR, The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Volhynian Czechs

7. 11. 1917 - October Revolution in Russia, Deportations to the Far East, Siberia and North Kazachstan 1939–1941 and 1944–1950, 3.9.1942 - 2.2.1943 Battle of Stalingrad, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin

Gertruda Ješonková

* 1941

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, The liberation of the city of Ostrava

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