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Josef Dvořák, graduation photo

Josef Dvořák

* 1919 †︎ 2018

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Political prisoner in WW2

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities

Ladislav Dvořák before starting his military service in 1961

Ing. Ladislav Dvořák , CSc.

* 1942

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial

Lubomír Dvořák, born in 1930 in Jihlava

Lubomír Dvořák

* 1930

Illegal border crossing, Relative of a political prisoner, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts, Sokol and 3 more categories

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 4 more anniversaries

Václav Dvořák

Václav Dvořák

* 1934 †︎ 2023

Member of Orel, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 1 more anniversaries

Hana Dvořáková in 1953 during the studies at the Faculty of Medicine of Charles University in Prague

MUDr. Hana Dvořáková , CSc.

* 1930

Political prisoner in WW2, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague and 2 more anniversaries

Hana in Mr. Hilger´s photoatelier

Hana Dvořáková

* 1930 †︎ 2017

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Sokol, Soutěž Příběhy 20. století

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

Ludmila Dvořáková, graduation photo, 1958

Ludmila Dvořáková

* 1941 †︎ 2026

Paměť českých neslyšících, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial and 3 more anniversaries

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Zora Dvořáková

* 1934 †︎ 2022

Relative of a political prisoner, A cultural celebrity

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Bohumil Dymáček, 1961

Bohumil Dymáček

* 1942 †︎ 2025

Member of an Illegal Church, Non-Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Karel Dynka in 2018

Karel Dýnka

* 1929

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 1 more anniversaries

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