Between the Two Wars 1918–1939 | Memory of Nations

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Bronislava Nyklová, 1940

Bronislava Nyklová

* 1934

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

2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, September 1939- occupation of the entire Upper Silesia by Germany, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Drahoslava Rút Tomešová, later Nývltová, 1947

Drahoslava Rút Nývltová

* 1937 †︎ 2026

People helping Jews during WWII, Repatriated, Member of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps (General Svoboda's army), Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 5 more categories

Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, 1936 - 1938 - Great Terror in the USSR, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR and 7 more anniversaries

Věra Obručová during recording for Memory of Nations, 4 September 2022, Vizovice

JUDr. Věra Obručová

* 1935

Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 4 more anniversaries

Arnošt Obrusník at the apprenticeship school for bakers in Hladke Životice in 1954

Arnošt Obrusník

* 1939

German minority in Poland after 1945, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Sudeten Germans and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 20 October 1944 - Liberation of Belgrade, March 1945 - the occupation of Upper Silesia by the Soviet army and 5 more anniversaries

Marie Obrusníková, likely in 1954

Marie Obrusníková

* 1936

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jiří Otčenášek (2015)

Jiří Očenášek

* 1928 †︎ 2022

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, A cultural celebrity, Boy Scouts, The Sportsmen and 3 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, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 9 more anniversaries

Anna Očenášová

Anna Očenášová

* 1924

Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945

2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia)

Alžběta Ohlídalová, nee Šlesingrová, in 1952

Alžběta Ohlídalová

* 1933

National minorities, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories

Josef Ohnheiser in 1948

Josef Ohnheiser

* 1932

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, National minorities, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 1 more anniversaries

Portrét současný 1

Ladislav Okrouhlík

* 1924

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The topic of security forces before 1989

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

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