The Army of the Protectorate Bohemia-Moravia | Memory of Nations

Zdeněk Neruda

Colonel (ret.) Zdeněk Neruda

* 1920 †︎ 2018

Veteran of WW2, western front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Royal Air Force, The Army of the Protectorate Bohemia-Moravia, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Růžena Petrášová during the filming of the interview, March 2022

Růžena Petrášová

* 1926 †︎ 2025

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, The Army of the Protectorate Bohemia-Moravia, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Václav Rachač, May 17, 2010

Major (ret.) Václav Rachač

* 1921 †︎ 2015

Veteran of WW2, western front, Participant in antifascist resistance, The Army of the Protectorate Bohemia-Moravia

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Zdeňka Ruprechtová

Zdeňka Ruprechtová

* 1923

Relative of a political prisoner, Participant in antifascist resistance, Sokol, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, The Army of the Protectorate Bohemia-Moravia

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

František Sedláček as a pilot, 1954

František Sedláček

* 1931 †︎ 2022

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Victim of forced relocation, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 2 more anniversaries

Graduation photograph of Karel Škarka

Mgr. Karel Škarka

* 1946

Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The Army of the Protectorate Bohemia-Moravia, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

Jan Smolík

Jan Smolík

* 1942

The Army of the Protectorate Bohemia-Moravia, The Sportsmen

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

Jaroslav Španko as a professional soldier, 1986

Jaroslav Španko

* 1965

Witness of local events from the Communist era, War veteran after 1989, The Army of the Protectorate Bohemia-Moravia

1991 - 1995 - Croatian War of Independence, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1992 - 1995 Bosnian War

Mr Sperling´s actual photo

Ing. Maxmilián Sperling

* 1924

The Army of the Protectorate Bohemia-Moravia

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

Witness - Jozef Štibrányi

Jozef Štibrányi

* 1940

National minorities, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, The Sportsmen, Art and censorship, The Army of the Protectorate Bohemia-Moravia and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 10 more anniversaries

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