Sokol | Memory of Nations

Květuše Dostálová, 1955

Květuše Dostálová

* 1937

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Jarmila Drábková in 2020

Jarmila Drábková

* 1926 †︎ 2021

Forced labour during the WW2, Sokol, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Jiří Drahoňovský (2nd from right) with friends in the Luzicke Mountains, 1980s.

Jiří Drahoňovský

* 1954

Sokol, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Radovan Dražan

* 1923

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Sokol, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

Josef Dražil, a portrait

Josef Dražil

* 1923 †︎ 2022

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Antonín Drong in the Wehrmacht uniform

Antonín Drong

* 1925

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Forced labour during the WW2, Wehrmacht soldier, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W, Sokol

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

dufek dobová.jpg (historic)

Bohumír Dufek

* 1926 †︎ 2019

Anti-communist rebel, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Sokol

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Marta Kinská 1943

Marta Dufková

* 1927 †︎ 2015

Sokol, Witness of local events from the Communist era

19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Pavel Dukát, 1953

Pavel Dukát

* 1934

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

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 4 more anniversaries

05-Marie Ďurovičová - Kovářová - born 1927

Marie Ďurovičová

* 1927 †︎ 2023

Sokol, The Sportsmen

19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 29. 7. - 14. 8. 1948 Summer Olympics in London

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