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Miroslav Ilek in 2016

Miroslav Ilek

* 1923 †︎ 2017

Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Forced labour during the WW2

2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Václav Jakeš

Václav Jakeš

* 1923 †︎ 2014

Anti-communist protests in Czechoslovakia in Milevsko and Sedlčansko, Anti-communist rebel, Hidden people

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Vlasta Jakubová, April 1945

Vlasta Jakubová, roz. Nováčková

* 1925 †︎ 2017

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Participant in antifascist resistance

Milan Ján in the military uniform, 1972

Milan Ján

* 1952

Anti-communist rebel, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Portrait of Milena, Prague 1942

Milena Janda

* 1935

Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in WW2 and 8 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities and 3 more anniversaries

Drahoslava Janderová with her daughter Tereza

Drahoslava Janderová

* 1946

Dissident, Relatives of important personalities, Anti-communist rebel, Emigrants from Russia, Charter 77 signatory and 6 more categories

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 31. 10. 1967 – Spontaneous student demonstration in Prague, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 4 more anniversaries

Lucie Janotová, 1964

Lucie Janotová

* 1932 †︎ 2025

Internační tábor Svatobořice u Kyjova, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, The Partisan, Political prisoner in WW2, Relative of a political prisoner and 3 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Jaromír Jarmara

Jaromír Jarmara

* 1923 †︎ 2014

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia

Ludmila Javorová

Ludmila Javorová

* 1932

Representative of the Church, Vicar without State agreement, Catholic clerical, Anti-communist rebel

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

Jednorozec orez.jpg (historic)

Luboš Jednorožec

* 1925 †︎ 2016

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Relative of a political prisoner and 4 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

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