Between the Two Wars 1918–1939 | Memory of Nations

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Pavel Dimun

* 1914

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR)

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass

Bernard Dinter

Bernard Dinter

* 1918 †︎ 2014

National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W, Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Veteran of WW2, western front and 1 more categories

1940 - The Battle of France, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1941 - 1944 German occupation of the Baltic states, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR and 2 more anniversaries

Zdeněk Dittrich in 1946

Zdeněk Dittrich

* 1923 †︎ 2015

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, Studentské pochody na Pražský hrad

Helena Divoká, the 1950s

Helena Divoká

* 1934

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

Jindřiška Dlasková at work in the mills in Brandýs nad Labem, turn of the 1940s and 1950s

Jindřiška Dlasková

* 1922 †︎ 2020

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, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 2 more anniversaries

Rudolf Dlugopolský - 2016

Rudolf Dlugopolský

* 1921 †︎ 2017

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Slovak army soldier during 1939 - 1945, Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State and 1 more anniversaries

Milan Dobeš in front of his painting

Milan Dobeš

* 1929 †︎ 2025

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

L.Dobner 1973.jpg (historic)

Libor Dobner

* 1952

Journalist, Sokol

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Emil Doboš during military service

Emil Doboš

* 1929

Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Students who were for political reasons expelled from school

2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jan M. Dobrodinský 1927.jpg (historic)

Jan Maria Dobrodinský

* 1925

Politician, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat and 7 more anniversaries

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