Between the Two Wars 1918–1939 | Memory of Nations

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childhood before the war

Eva Nosková

* 1936 †︎ 2015

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR

Stanley Nova in the RAF

Stanley Nova, roz. Nováček

* 1922 †︎ 2013

Veteran of WW2, western front, French Foreign Legion, Royal Air Force, Wehrmacht soldier, Hidden people and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Jaroslav Novák

Jaroslav Novák

* 1921 †︎ 2011

Veteran of WW2, western front, Emigrant, Royal Air Force, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1940 - The Battle of France, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities

Josef Novák

Colonel Josef Novák

* 1923

Veteran of WW2, western front, Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Forced labour during the WW2, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Wehrmacht soldier

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

P. Vojtěch Novák in 1973

MUDr. Mag. theol. P. Vojtěch Novák

* 1958

Clergymen, Illegal border crossing, Catholic clerical, Relative of a political prisoner

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Helena Nováková

Helena Nováková

* 1928

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR)

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Sister Richardis with her aunt during the war

Helena - Richardis Nováková

* 1928

Representative of the Church, Member of an Illegal Church

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Jiřina Nováková, graduation photography - SVVŠ Botičská, Prague 1963

RNDr. Jiřina Marie Nováková

* 1945

Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Holocaust, International Brigadiers and 5 more categories

20. 7. 1936 - 1. 9. 1939 - civil war in Spain, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps and 4 more anniversaries

Ján Novenko at the end of the war, may 1945

Ján Novenko

* 1929 †︎ 2024

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Red Army soldier and 1 more categories

2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1944-1945 Hungary at the end of the second world war , 25 December 1944 - 13 February 1945 Siege of Budapest and 2 more anniversaries

Emilie Novoměstská

* 1926

Relatives of important personalities, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 3 more anniversaries

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