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First communion in the church in Borová, 1955

Petr Jílek

* 1956

Dissident, Environmentalist, Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime

In the army, 1947

Jan Jindra

* 1924 †︎ 2013

Forced labour during the WW2, Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden

Bohumila Jindrová in 1951

Bohumila Jindrová

* 1935 †︎ 2025

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR and 5 more anniversaries

Marie Jiráčková in 2022

Marie Jiráčková

* 1939

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Ladislav Jirák, Beroun, 1961

Ladislav Jirák

* 1941

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 3 more anniversaries

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Jiřina Jiráková

* 1926 †︎ 2016

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs, Sanitary worker during the World War 2, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939 and 1 more categories

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 8 January 1941 - 27 January 1944 Siege of Leningrad and 3 more anniversaries

The newlywed Jiráneks, 24 June 1950

Vlasta Jiránková

* 1923

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 2 more anniversaries

Bohuslav Jirásek before starting his military service (1956)

Bohuslav Jirásek

* 1937 †︎ 2022

Sokol, 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, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 1 more anniversaries

In the garden of the family house in Rychnov nad Kněžnou

Master of Fine Arts Jan Jirásek

* 1955

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

František Jiříček in his museum in 2025

František Jiříček

* 1931

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, 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, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

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