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Janyšová - youth - portrait

Libuše Janyšová

* 1932

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

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Current photo

Herbert Jarošek

* 1925 †︎ 2016

A cultural celebrity, Boy Scouts, Sokol

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich and 4 more anniversaries

In her youth

Jaromíra Jarošová

* 1934

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

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Photo of Jiřina Jarošová from the student card of the grammar school in Dvůr Králové, February 1946

Jiřina Jarošová

* 1929

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

19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death

A period photo

Helena Jasná

* 1931

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Josef Jedlička

* 1923 †︎ 2022

The Partisan, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Boy Scouts, Sokol, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

4025-portrait_former.jpg (historic)

Květoslava Jedličková

* 1929

Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Jiřina Jelínková - 1974

Jiřina Jelínková

* 1924 †︎ 2015

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 3 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Soňa Jelínková (Straková)

Soňa Jelínková

* 1928 †︎ 2023

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 5 more anniversaries

Ivan Ježek – dobove foto.JPG (historic)

Ing. Ivan Ježek

* 1936

Relatives of important personalities, Sokol, Border Guards

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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