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Františka Janečková, a portrait

Františka Janečková

* 1934

Holocaust, National minorities, Gypsies / Roma, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 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

Lt. Col. Štefan Jangl near the bridge built by Slovaks near the eastern Slovak village of Berak, 1997

Štefan Jangl

* 1955

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, National minorities, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, War veteran after 1989, University professor

1991 - 1995 - Croatian War of Independence, 1992 - 1995 Bosnian War

Hanna Petrivna Jankovska, a portrait

Hanna Petrivna Jankovska

* 1939

Ukraine, National minorities, Repatriated, Slovak-Polish relations in years 1918 - 1945, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

1944 - 1947 - Population Transfers from the Ukrainian - Polish Borderlands, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, Ukraine in 1986–1991

Jaroslav Janota, shortly before basic military training, 1991.

Ing. Sergeant Jaroslav Janota

* 1972

National minorities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Libuše Jarcovjáková, 2016

Libuše Jarcovjáková

* 1952

National minorities, Gypsies / Roma, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Art and censorship, Life along the Iron Curtain and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

Emilie Jarmarová

Emílie Jarmarová

* 1923 †︎ 2011

Holocaust, National minorities, Participant in antifascist resistance, Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 13. 7. 1943 - Destroying of Český Malín, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass and 2 more anniversaries

Jelena Podhájská-Jarmoljuk on 16 July, 2012

Mgr. Jelena Jarmoljuková, roz. Podhájská

* 1955

National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Czech minority in the former USSR, Ukraine

1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, Ukraine in 1986–1991, 1943 - Conflict between Poles and Ukrainians in Eastern Galicia and Volhynia, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster

On a contemporary picture

Štěpánka Jarůšková

* 1938

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Mojmír Jauernig in 2025

Mojmír Jauernig

* 1964

National minorities, Sudeten Germans

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Prom photo

PhDr. Kateřina Javorská

* 1949

National minorities

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

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