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Photograph of Jaroslav Ulrich during his fulfillment of mandatory military service in the year 1951

Jaroslav Ulrich

* 1929 †︎ 2024

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

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

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Vlasta Ulrychová, roz. Michlová

* 1925

Boy Scouts, Sokol

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 24. 2. 1949 – Formation of the Czechoslovak Union of Youth, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Zbyněk Unčovský, 1940s

Zbyněk Unčovský

* 1930

National minorities, Sokol, The Sportsmen, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Cecílie Urbancová as a university student, Brno, 1954

Cecílie Urbancová

* 1931

Boy Scouts, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

Milena Urbánková Borská, a portrait

Milena Urbánková-Borská

* 1928 †︎ unknown

Boy Scouts, Sokol

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

Dagmar before leaving for Switzerland, 1946

Ing. Dagmar Váchová

* 1938

People helping Jews during WWII, Relative of a political prisoner, Participant in antifascist resistance, Boy Scouts, Sokol and 2 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Eva Václavková / 1962

Eva Václavková

* 1935 †︎ 2023

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 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 and 1 more anniversaries

Irena Valášková (Boxanová)

Irena Valášková

* 1923

Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Victim of forced relocation, Sokol, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Václav Vaněk, 40s

Václav Vaněk

* 1926 †︎ 2025

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

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 4 more anniversaries

Milan Vaňura at the AEC in Ostrava -Radvanice in 1953

Milan Vaňura

* 1932

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Sokol, Art and censorship

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin

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