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Jan Dorúšek

Jan Dorúšek

* 1920 †︎ 2020

French Foreign Legion, Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Political prisoner in WW2, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W and 1 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1940 - The Battle of France, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich

Josef Dražil, a portrait

Josef Dražil

* 1923 †︎ 2022

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Viktor Dub just before his high school graduation exam, 1973

Viktor Dub

* 1954

Emigrant, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Bohumil Dubec around 2003

Bohumil Dubec

* 1916 †︎ 2003

French Foreign Legion, Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing and 3 more categories

1940 - The Battle of France

Witness Karol Dubovan as a young man

Ing. Karol Dubovan

* 1953

Member of an Illegal Church, Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Politician and 20 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities and 20 more anniversaries

young Ilnara Dudash

Ilnara Dudash

* 1984

Ukraine, National minorities, Emigrant

Ukraine in 1986–1991

Josef Dufek during his military service between 1967–1969 (smoking)

Josef Dufek

* 1948

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

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Vilém Dvořák

* 1921 †︎ 2009

Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Veteran of WW2, western front

1940 - The Battle of France, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

Vera Egermayer in 2024

Věra Egermayerová

* 1940

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 1 more anniversaries

A photo of that time

Bohuslav Eliáš

* 1937

Representative of the Church, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Catholic clerical, Boy Scouts and 3 more categories

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

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