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Jaroslav Ermis / September 1942

Jaroslav Ermis

* 1928 †︎ 2020

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, The liberation of the city of Ostrava

Aloisie Foltýnková / around 1957

Aloisie Foltýnková

* 1935

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Antonín Gajda

* 1925 †︎ unknown

Forced labour during the WW2, Member of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps (General Svoboda's army), Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, March 1945 - the occupation of Upper Silesia by the Soviet army and 2 more anniversaries

Kurt Gebauer

* 1941

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

As the director of the Děčín Engineering Works

Miroslav Grégr

* 1929

Holocaust, National minorities, Forced labour during the WW2, Déclassé, Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR) and 5 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 11. 1940 - The Patria disaster, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign and 7 more anniversaries

Alena Grušková, about 14 y.o.

Alena Grušková

* 1932 †︎ 2020

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, July 17 to 31 Process Buchal a spol.

Eduard Hájek, 2018

Ing. Eduard Hájek

* 1942

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

The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Libuše Havlíčková in 1971

Ing., CSc Libuše Havlíčková

* 1932

People helping Jews during WWII, Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Sokol

2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat and 1 more anniversaries

Josef Heldes

Josef Heldes

* 1929

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Memory of vanished settlements

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Milena Hercíková on stage in 1970

Milena Hercíková

* 1936

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Writer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 22 May 1946 - Trial with K. H. Frank and 3 more anniversaries

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