Czech community in the US

Stephen Gaertner upon arrival in California, 1966

Stephen Gaertner

* 1929 †︎ 2022

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Czech community in the US, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Od pohraničníka k převaděči / From border guard to transferrer

Josef Hasil

* 1924 †︎ 2019

Agent of the western secret services (cold war), Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Czech community in the US and 13 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 2 more anniversaries

Mary Seewald - 11/10/2018

Mary Hlinka Seewald

* 1935

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Czech community in the US

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Nina Ingris

Nina Ingrišová

* 1931

Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Cossacks, Czech community in the US and 5 more categories

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

Karel Köcher

Karel Köcher

* 1934

Holocaust, Czech community in the US, Radio Free Europe, A collaborator of the Soviet secret service, University professor and 1 more categories

1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975 - Vietnam War, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vera, period photograph from 1969

Vera Konig

* 1942

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Czech community in the US, Repatriated and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Helena Kopecká in 2022

RNDr., CSc. Helena Kopecká

* 1931 †︎ 2022

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Czech community in the US, The Journalist, Relatives of important personalities and 5 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin and 3 more anniversaries

Charlotta Pocheová in 1962 in Nové Město nad Metují

Charlotta Kotíková

* 1940

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Czech community in the US, Déclassé, Relatives of important personalities and 1 more categories

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 1 more anniversaries

Every child on the train had its ID card. Eva had the number 639.

Eva Paddock

* 1935

Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Czech community in the US, Winton’s Children

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Karel Raška during recording

prof. MUDr., DrSc. Karel Raška

* 1939

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Czech community in the US, Relatives of important personalities, Scientist

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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