Between the Two Wars 1918–1939 | Memory of Nations

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Vladimír Lorenz

Vladimír Lorenz

* 1925 †︎ 2010

Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat

Drahoslava Lošťáková (Dostálová)

Drahoslava Lošťáková

* 1922

Political prisoner in WW2, Forced labour during the WW2, Sokol, Internační tábor Svatobořice u Kyjova

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich

A period portrait of Josef Loub from the period when he served at the Auxiliary Technical Batalions, the first half of the 1950s

Prof. RnDr., DrSc Josef Loub

* 1929 †︎ 2025

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks

Břetislav Loubal, summer 1947

Břetislav Loubal

* 1931 †︎ 2022

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Petr Loubal as a high school student, graduation photograph, 1951

Petr Loubal

* 1932 †︎ 2025

Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Czech community in the US and 3 more categories

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1940 - The Battle of France, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 1 more anniversaries

Antonín Loucký

Antonín Loucký

* 1926 †︎ 2009

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Relative of a political prisoner

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 1 more anniversaries

Jiří Louda

Colonel (ret.) Jiří Louda

* 1920 †︎ 2015

Veteran of WW2, western front, French Foreign Legion, Participant in antifascist resistance, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), A cultural celebrity and 3 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 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 6 more anniversaries

Oldřich Loveček, 1953

Oldřich Loveček

* 1934

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Aloisie Lukášová with her brother Stanislav, Moravičany 1946

Aloisie Lukášová

* 1936

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 5 more anniversaries

Dana Lukešová (left) with her father František Plánička and older sister Milena, late 1930s

Dana Lukešová

* 1935

Déclassé, 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, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

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