September 1939- occupation of the entire Upper Silesia by Germany | Memory of Nations

Soldier Jaroslav Losert, circa 1954

Jaroslav Losert

* 1933 †︎ 2024

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Forced labour during the WW2, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Poles in Regained Lands, 1945 - 1956, Sudeten Germans and 3 more categories

September 1939- occupation of the entire Upper Silesia by Germany, 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 7 more anniversaries

Gertruda Milerská (on the right) with her older sister Hanne in the late 1930s

Gertruda Milerská

* 1933

Holocaust, Political prisoner in WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

September 1939- occupation of the entire Upper Silesia by Germany, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

During the basic military service in 1953

Richard Němec

* 1931 †︎ 2020

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

September 1939- occupation of the entire Upper Silesia by Germany, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, March 1945 - the occupation of Upper Silesia by the Soviet army, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Halina Niedobová in 1955

Halina Niedobová

* 1934

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

2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, September 1939- occupation of the entire Upper Silesia by Germany, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Bronislava Nyklová, 1940

Bronislava Nyklová

* 1934

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

2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, September 1939- occupation of the entire Upper Silesia by Germany, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Zdenka Pospíšilová, portrait from 1938

Zdenka Pospíšilová

* 1933 †︎ 2023

Poland, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Radio Free Europe, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

September 1939- occupation of the entire Upper Silesia by Germany, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 8 more anniversaries

Adolf Ruš / around 1953

Adolf Ruš

* 1937

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

September 1939- occupation of the entire Upper Silesia by Germany, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

Karel Sikora

* 1934

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, September 1939- occupation of the entire Upper Silesia by Germany, March 1945 - the occupation of Upper Silesia by the Soviet army

Melchior Sikora today

Melchior Sikora

* 1937

Poland, National minorities

September 1939- occupation of the entire Upper Silesia by Germany, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Czesława Smołka

Czesława Smołka

* 1932

Poland, The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland

2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, September 1939- occupation of the entire Upper Silesia by Germany, March 1945 - the occupation of Upper Silesia by the Soviet army, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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