Czech community in the US | Memory of Nations

Antonín Bartoš Jr in New York City, 1965

Antonín Bartoš

* 1946

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Czech community in the US, Parašutisté vycvičení během druhé světové války ve Velké Británii and 4 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 3 more anniversaries

Petr Bísek in 2024

Petr Bísek

* 1941

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Czech community in the US, Journalist

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Anthony Bloch at a young age

Anthony Bloch

* 1933

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Czech community in the US and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 9. 1948 – Funeral of President Edvard Beneš and 1 more anniversaries

Jiří Čechák while jumping (approx. 192 cm) in Dvůr Králové, 1967

Mgr. Jiří Čechák

* 1938 †︎ 2024

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Czech community in the US, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, The Sportsmen and 2 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Iveta Clarke

Iveta Clarke

* 1963

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Czech community in the US, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

Perestroika, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jaroslava Dušátková (en)

Jaroslava Dušátková

* 1941

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Sokol, United States of America, Illegal border crossing, Czech community in the US and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 1 more anniversaries

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

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

Little Eva Hejdová

Eva Hejdová

* 1953

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Czech community in the US, Journalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Josef Hlava in 2021

Josef Hlava

* 1958

Czech community in the US, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Border Guards, The Sportsmen

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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