Death marches 1944-1945 | Memory of Nations

Pavel Pohůnek

Pavel Pohůnek

* 1948

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

Old period photograph of Erna Pokorná, née Lamplová

Erna Pokorná

* 1931

Holocaust, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, Death marches 1944-1945, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Petr Poláček, contemporary portrait. Prague, 1948

Ing. Petr Polacek

* 1936

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, National minorities and 2 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 24. 11. 1941 - The first transport to the Theresienstadt, Death marches 1944-1945, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

Wedding, Ludgeřovice, 10 January1953

Marta Porubová

* 1936

People helping Jews during WWII, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1940 - 1941 - Deportations of Poles to USSR , 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, Death marches 1944-1945, March 1945 - the occupation of Upper Silesia by the Soviet army and 3 more anniversaries

Irena Racková, a portrait

Irena Racková

* 1925 †︎ 2020

Holocaust, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

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

Rostislava Raidová, about three years old, with a doll in her arms. Photograph from the period 1944-1945

Rostislava Raidová

* 1942

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, Death marches 1944-1945, March 1945 - the occupation of Upper Silesia by the Soviet army, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Margit Hildegard Neugebauer (Rajniková) in 1942

Margita Hildegard Rajniková

* 1937

National minorities, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Sudeten Germans and 3 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, Death marches 1944-1945, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Dagmar Renertová with her husband

Dagmar Renertová

* 1930 †︎ unknown

Political prisoner in WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, Participant in antifascist resistance, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 6 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, Death marches 1944-1945, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 1 more anniversaries

Karel Říha during recording for Stories of Our Neighbours, Holice, 2023

Karel Říha

* 1941

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, Death marches 1944-1945, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 3 more anniversaries

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Prof. Ing., CSc. Jan Roček

* 1924

Holocaust, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

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

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