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Brigitta Jonášová in the first class, 1947/48

Brigitta Jonášová

* 1942

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

V. Jordánová, actor of Liberec Theatre

Věra Jordánová

* 1928 †︎ 2022

A cultural celebrity, Relative of a political prisoner, Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 7 more anniversaries

Helena Josefová, born Plachtová, 1941

Helena Josefová

* 1923

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Forced labour during the WW2

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 8 more anniversaries

Johanna

* 1931

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

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

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Colonel (Ret.), Ing. Jan Judl

* 1927 †︎ 2014

Boy Scouts, Forced labour during the WW2

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Helena Judlová in 1959

MUDr. Helena Judlová

* 1954

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

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 3 more anniversaries

Eliane Juklová, around 1975

Eliane Juklová

* 1936 †︎ 2023

National minorities, Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Mirko Juna in a hero costume at the beginning of the nineties

Mgr. Mirko Juna

* 1945

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Boy Scouts, Sokol, Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, Palach Week and 2 more anniversaries

Vojtěch Jůna, historical photography

Vojtěch Jůna

* 1920 †︎ 2010

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Veteran of WW2, western front

1940 - The Battle of France, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Jiří Junek, circa 1948

Jiří Junek

* 1933

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

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