Stories of the 20th century

Post Bellum SK

Documentation project of Post Bellum SK that was funded by the Europe for Citizens Programme.

Justína Tuková (2015)

Justína Tuková

* 1922 †︎ 2019

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR)

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns

young Viliam Turek

Viliam Turek

* 1936 †︎ 2023

Holocaust, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, People helping Jews during WWII, The Partisan, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 2 more anniversaries

Historic photo

František Turňa

* 1963

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

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

1946 maturitní foto.jpg (historic)

Branislav Tvarožek

* 1925

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Veteran of WW2, eastern front

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising

Blahoslav Uhlár

* 1951 †︎ 2024

Artists, Art and censorship

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Witness Ladislav Uko as a soldier of basic military service

Ladislav Uko

* 1938

Forced labour during the WW2, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Farmer

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Portrait of the witness, created in 1965 on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the end of World War II, Smena magazine, author Slávo Kalný

MUDr. Eva Mária Umlauf

* 1942

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Forced labour during the WW2, Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 3 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 29 August 1944 - Release of Jews from the Nováky concentration camp, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 27. 1. 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camp Auschwitz, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 2 more anniversaries

Ungárné Komoly Judit egy ORZSE előadáson.

Judit Ungárné Komoly

* 1933

Hungary, Holocaust, University professor

1944-1945 Hungary at the end of the second world war

Ladislav Ürge

* 1939

Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945

In youth

Róbert Uškovitš

* 1928 †︎ 2023

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

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