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Wedding photo of Petr and Zdenka Munk from 1961

Prof. Ing. Petr Munk , DrSc.

* 1932

Emigrant, Holocaust, Czech community in the US, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

Death marches 1944-1945, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Vladimír Munk in a scout uniform with his dog Cig before the war

PhDr. Vladimír Munk

* 1925 †︎ 2023

Emigrant, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp and 1 more categories

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

Mustelier Carmen Julia

Carmen Julia Mustelier

* 1964

Cuba, Dissident, Emigrant, Cuban Dissident, Cuban Exile and 3 more categories

Cuba after 1959

Ota Nalezinek

Ota Nalezinek

* 1930

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Erik Navara as a young man

Ing., CSc Erik Navara

* 1931

Emigrant, Scientist

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jaromír Navrátil as a student in Canada

Bachelor Jaromír Navrátil

* 1924 †︎ 2019

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Milan Nechvátal

Major Milan Nechvátal

* 1921 †︎ 2013

Veteran of WW2, western front, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Emigrant, Royal Air Force, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee

1940 - The Battle of France

Petr Nejtek in 2025

Ing. Petr Nejtek

* 1941

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Charlie Soukup's mill, Alsace

Richard Julius Nemčok

* 1954

Dissident, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia and 5 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, Výjimečný stav v Polsku and 2 more anniversaries

Michala Netrval as a little girl in Czech costume

Michala Netrval

* 1960

Emigrant

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

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