Between the Two Wars 1918–1939 | Memory of Nations

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Milan Pokoradi during eyd recording

Milan Pokoradi

* 1948

Hungary, Holocaust, Illegal border crossing, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, People helping Jews during WWII and 13 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps and 17 more anniversaries

Herta Pokorná in 1949

Herta Pokorná

* 1940

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Milena Pokorná

Milena Pokorná

* 1921 †︎ 2017

Journalist, Boy Scouts, 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, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat and 5 more anniversaries

Anna on graduation photo

Anna Pokorná, roz. Žďárská

* 1921 †︎ 2025

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Jiří Pokorný, a portrait

Prof. MUDr., CSc. Jiří Pokorný

* 1924 †︎ 2012

Member of Revolutionary Guard Corps, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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Josef Pokorný

* 1920

Non-Catholic clerical, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat

Miloš Pokorný

Miloš Pokorný

* 1931 †︎ 2016

Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relatives of important personalities and 4 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 7 more anniversaries

Vladimír Pokorný

Vladimír Pokorný

* 1927

Boy Scouts, Forced labour during the WW2

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák, 14. 3. 1939 Battle of Czajánek's barracks

With his father and grandfather during World War II

Mgr. Zdeněk Pokorný

* 1932

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, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 2 more anniversaries

Jiří Poláček

Jiří Poláček

* 1913 †︎ 2008

Veteran of WW2, western front, Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Emigrant, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign, 25. 11. 1940 - The Patria disaster

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