Between the Two Wars 1918–1939 | Memory of Nations

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Captain Adolf Vodička

* 1913 †︎ 2012

Veteran of WW2, western front, Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, International Brigadiers

1940 - The Battle of France, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 20. 7. 1936 - 1. 9. 1939 - civil war in Spain

Staša Fleischmannová

Staša Fleischmannová

* 1919 †︎ 2020

Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, A cultural celebrity, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner, Relatives of important personalities and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 6 more anniversaries

Karel Bažant 007.JPG (historic)

Lieutenant Karel Bažant

* 1924 †︎ 2025

Forced labour during the WW2

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Prokop námořníkem

Prokop Vejdělek

* 1909 †︎ 2012

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 1 more anniversaries

Contemporary portrait of Jan Gomola wearing the Wehrmacht uniform

Jan Gomola

* 1916 †︎ 2021

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Wehrmacht soldier, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Royal Air Force, 1944

Benjamin Abeles

* 1925 †︎ 2020

Holocaust, National minorities, Participant in antifascist resistance, Royal Air Force, Veteran of WW2, western front and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Miriam Abeles

Miriam Abeles

* 1932

National minorities, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, Boy Scouts, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee and 2 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

Adolf Absolon (1958)

RNDr., CSc. Adolf Absolon

* 1937

Boy Scouts, Scientist, Artists, A cultural celebrity, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 3. 1945 Bombing of České Budějovice, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 4 more anniversaries

young Boleslava Achrerová

Boleslava Achrerová

* 1922

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Relative of a political prisoner

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR

Josef Adam in 2023

Josef Adam

* 1932 †︎ 2024

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), National minorities, Déclassé and 1 more categories

13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, Death marches 1944-1945, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat

Marie Adamcová on a wedding photo, 22 August 1964

Marie Adamcová

* 1941

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Hanuš Adamec

Hanuš Adamec

* 1928 †︎ 2023

National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Miriam (Mariana) Adamec roz. Neumannová

Miriam Adamec

* 1925

Israel/Palestine, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Hidden people

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial

Adamec dobovy orez.jpg (historic)

Zdeněk Adamec

* 1934 †︎ 2017

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 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 and 5 more anniversaries

Hazebrouck, 24.4.1945

Lieutenant (ret.) Josef Adámek

* 1920 †︎ 2013

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Forced labour during the WW2, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Veteran of WW2, western front

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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