The liberation of the city of Ostrava | Memory of Nations

Cut out from a family photograph of Andělín Kvapil, 1950s

Andělín Kvapil

* 1931

Agent Vojenské kontrarozvědky, Spolupracovník Vojenské kontrarozvědky, Germany, Poles in Regained Lands, 1945 - 1956, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, March 1945 - the occupation of Upper Silesia by the Soviet army and 4 more anniversaries

Librová Eliška / the 60s

Eliška Librová

* 1940

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 2 more anniversaries

Mayor Martin Mačok, born 1923

Martin Mačok

* 1923 †︎ 2007

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, The Partisan, Member of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps (General Svoboda's army), Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 6 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising and 5 more anniversaries

Lev Mařádek in 2022

Lev Mařádek

* 1925 †︎ 2022

Relatives of important personalities, Boy Scouts, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, The liberation of the city of Ostrava

Holy Communion. 1946

Jiřina Masná

* 1936

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

The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Matuštíková Alena in 1966

Alena Matuštíková

* 1947

Witness of local events from the Communist era

The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Witness during his military service, circa 1950

Ludvík Monsport

* 1925

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 5 more anniversaries

Josef Nedvídek

Josef Nedvídek

* 1932

Soutěž Příběhy 20. století, 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, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Josef Ohnheiser in 1948

Josef Ohnheiser

* 1932

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, National minorities, Sokol, 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, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 1 more anniversaries

Irena Ondruchová

* 1928

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

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