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Cyril Evans, Prague, 2022

Cyril Evans

* 1956

Relative of a political prisoner, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W, United Kingdom

Death marches 1944-1945, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Albertina Farská, née Lang

Albertina Farská

* 1921 †︎ 2021

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

12. 3. 1938 - "Anschluss" of Austria, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 24. 11. 1941 - The first transport to the Theresienstadt, Death marches 1944-1945 and 2 more anniversaries

Young Viera Fischerová

Viera Fischerová

* 1943

Holocaust, National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, Death marches 1944-1945, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

Roman Frait as a 7 years old boy, Brno 1942

Roman Frait

* 1935

Apatrida - osoba bez státního občanství, Illegal border crossing, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Emigrants from Russia and 3 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, Death marches 1944-1945, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Cecílie Hartošová, late 1930s

Cecílie Hartošová

* 1929

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, Death marches 1944-1945

Herbert Heller

Herbert Heller

* 1929 †︎ 2021

Holocaust, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Industrial settler in border region in 60', Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Emigrant

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, Death marches 1944-1945

Otto Herman at the military service in Jičín, 1970

Otto Herman

* 1949

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, Perestroika, Death marches 1944-1945

Historical photography after the war

Lívia Herzová, rod. Kazárová

* 1926 †︎ 2023

Holocaust, National minorities, Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp and 1 more categories

2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, Death marches 1944-1945, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Marta Holeková during the recording session

Marta Holeková

* 1947

Holocaust, People helping Jews during WWII, Non-Catholic clerical, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

Death marches 1944-1945, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter” and 1 more anniversaries

Eva Hoskovcová, amateur theatre group Na nádraží, play "Mrs. Fashion Reigns for Ages", circa 1954-55

Eva Hoskovcová

* 1933

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, Death marches 1944-1945, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden and 7 more anniversaries

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