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

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Lieutenant Colonel Josef Nerad

* 1921 †︎ 2007

Volhynian Czechs, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine

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Second Lieutenant (ret.) Bohumil Novák

* 1920

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Forced labour during the WW2

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

Drahoslava Rút Tomešová, later Nývltová, 1947

Drahoslava Rút Nývltová

* 1937 †︎ 2026

People helping Jews during WWII, 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 5 more categories

Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, 1936 - 1938 - Great Terror in the USSR, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR and 7 more anniversaries

Colonel Urban Ocilka

* 1919 †︎ 2008

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Slovak army soldier during 1939 - 1945, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W

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, 3. - 6. 11. 1943 - Battle of Kiev

Libuše Opočenská in 1944

Libuše Opočenská

* 1927 †︎ 2018

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

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Bedřich Opočenský

Bedřich Opočenský

* 1924 †︎ 2016

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, People helping Jews during WWII

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, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass and 6 more anniversaries

Opočenský Jiří

First Lieutenant Jiří Opočenský

* 1926

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs

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

Vladislav Opočenský

Vladislav Opočenský

* 1921 †︎ 2013

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

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, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Vladimír Pajer

Sergeant Vladimír Pajer

* 1924 †︎ 2011

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 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

Vladimír Palička, war photo

Colonel (ret.) Vladimír Palička

* 1923 †︎ 2012

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Forced labour during the WW2 and 1 more categories

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

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