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Marie Damborská

* 1927 †︎ 2025

Member of Orel, Illegal border crossing, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

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

Azriel Dansky before leaving for Israel, Banská Bystrica, February 1949

Azriel (Peter) Dansky

* 1937

Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing and 2 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1944-1945 Hungary at the end of the second world war , 25 December 1944 - 13 February 1945 Siege of Budapest, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jan Josef IV. Dobrzenský, 1950

Jan Josef IV. Dobrzenský

* 1946

Illegal border crossing, Nobility

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ludmila Doležalová in 2023

Ludmila Doležalová

* 1939

Illegal border crossing, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Contemporary photograph of Michal Dor, from filming in Bratislava.

Micha Dor

* 1948

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Illegal border crossing and 2 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising and 5 more anniversaries

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Jan Drábek

* 1935

Lawyer in the 50`s, Diplomat, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, People helping Jews during WWII and 8 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich and 2 more anniversaries

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

Konrád Dubský, Scotland. 1945

Konrád Dubský

* 1916 †︎ unknown

French Foreign Legion, Holocaust, Illegal border crossing, Royal Air Force, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

25. 11. 1940 - The Patria disaster, 21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign

Jiřina Duchoslavová, graduation photo

Jiřina Duchoslavová

* 1946

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Relative of a political prisoner, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Joseph as a student

Josef Dufek

* 1929 †︎ 2022

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation and 5 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 6 more anniversaries

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