8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass | Memory of Nations

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First Lieutenant Václav Maťátko

* 1924

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Eugen Matijenko

* 1922 †︎ unknown

Czech minority in the former USSR, National minorities, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Member of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps (General Svoboda's army), Anti-communist rebel and 4 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass and 6 more anniversaries

Helena Matrasová, née Dercová, about 15 years old, Varnsdorf, circa 1950

Helena Matrasová

* 1935

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Slovak-Polish relations in years 1918 - 1945, Life along the Iron Curtain, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

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Sergeant Mikuláš Matuševský

* 1919 †︎ 2005

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Red Army soldier, People helping Jews during WWII

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Vladislav Mec

* unknown

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR

Jan Melnik (July 9th, 1945, Prague)

Jan Melnik

* 1921

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs, Red Army soldier

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR

Vladimír Melnik

Second Lieutenant (ret.) Vladimír Melnik

* 1927 †︎ 2016

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR

Illustrative photograph of women from the ranks of Czechoslovak combat medics

Vasilina Mesárová, rozená Ljachová

* 1922

Member of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps (General Svoboda's army), Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass

Michalička Josef - soldier 1944

Josef Michalička

* 1925 †︎ 2005

Czech minority in the former USSR, Repatriated, Member of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps (General Svoboda's army), Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, Lviv in the times of the Second World War 1939-1945, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass and 1 more anniversaries

Jaroslav Miller in 2023

Jaroslav Miller

* 1949

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Volhynian Czechs

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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