Stories of the 20th century

Post Bellum SK

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

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

Edita Vacek

* 1935

People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Ľubomír Vacek

Ľubomír Vacek

* 1932

Participant in antifascist resistance, Political prisoner in WW2, National minorities, Holocaust, The Partisan and 3 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

Václavek Jaroslav

Jaroslav Václavek

* 1928

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Hidden people, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Picture of a young soldier

František Vaczula

* 1929 †︎ 2025

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Victim of forced relocation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions)

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Dana (Danielle) Vago

* 1945

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Illegal border crossing

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 2 more anniversaries

Juraj's graduation photograph from 1950.

Juraj (George) Vago

* 1929 †︎ 2021

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Hidden people

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

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