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Alois Vocásek in 2002

Alois Vocásek

* 1896 †︎ 2003

Prisoner of War/ P.O.W, Sokol

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1. - 2. 7. 1917 - the battle at Zborova

Josef Merunka - contemporary portrait (detail)

Josef Merunka

* 1890 †︎ 1979

Maita Arnautová, 1961

Mgr. Maita Arnautová

* 1939

Emigrants from Russia, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, 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, 7. 11. 1917 - October Revolution in Russia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1945 - Arrests of Russian émigrés by the agents of SMERSH

Gevorg Avetisjan, 1975

Gevorg Avetisjan

* 1959

Armenia, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Nikolaj Bělanský, Memory of nations, August 2020

Nikolaj Bělanský

* 1947

Victim of Stalinist persecution in Ukraine, Victim of forced relocation, Relative of a political prisoner, Nobility, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 3 more categories

7. 11. 1917 - October Revolution in Russia, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 3 more anniversaries

Eva Bródyová

* 1959

Emigrant, Holocaust, Illegal border crossing, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, People helping Jews during WWII and 9 more categories

Armenian Genocide, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 12. 3. 1938 - "Anschluss" of Austria, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2 and 13 more anniversaries

František Chytka, 1960s

František Chytka

* 1891 †︎ 1980

Prisoner of War/ P.O.W

7. 11. 1917 - October Revolution in Russia, 1. - 2. 7. 1917 - the battle at Zborova

Eugenie Číhalová in 2018

Eugenie Číhalová

* 1944

National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 7. 11. 1917 - October Revolution in Russia, 1945 - Arrests of Russian émigrés by the agents of SMERSH

Olga Čvančarová v roce 1948.JPG (historic)

Olga Čvančarová

* 1927

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Volhynian Czechs

7. 11. 1917 - October Revolution in Russia, Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, Deportations to the Far East, Siberia and North Kazachstan 1939–1941 and 1944–1950, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1940 - 1941 - Deportations of Poles to USSR and 3 more anniversaries

Zdeněk Damašek, 1945

Zdeněk Damašek

* 1925 †︎ 2012

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 7. 11. 1917 - October Revolution in Russia

Anne Dastakian (2025)

Anne Dastakian

* 1959

Supporter of Czechoslovak dissent from a western country, Journalist, Relative of a political prisoner, France

2022 - full scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, Armenian Genocide

Maturitní fotografie.jpg (historic)

Olga Dufková

* 1940

Czech minority in the former USSR, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner

7. 11. 1917 - October Revolution in Russia, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death

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