Between the Two Wars 1918–1939 | Memory of Nations

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Václav Drnek

Václav Drnek

* 1918 †︎ 2003

Veteran of WW2, eastern front

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 8. 3. 1943 - The battle of Sokolovo

Antonín Drong in the Wehrmacht uniform

Antonín Drong

* 1925

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Forced labour during the WW2, Wehrmacht soldier, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W, Sokol

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Oskar Dub 1942

Oskar Dub

* 1924 †︎ 2021

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Sudeten Germans, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden

Sister Hyacinta in 2022

Sestra Hyacinta (Mária) Dubanová

* 1931 †︎ 2025

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Friars, Witness of local events from the Communist era

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns

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Jana Dubová

* 1926

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

Witness Karol Dubovan as a young man

Ing. Karol Dubovan

* 1953

Member of an Illegal Church, Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Politician and 20 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities and 20 more anniversaries

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Zorica Dubovská, roz. Horáčková

* 1926 †︎ 2021

Diplomat, Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

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

Marie Dubská, a portrait

Marie Dubská

* 1921

Forced labour during the WW2, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 10. 6. 1942 – Destruction of Lidice, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 8 more anniversaries

Václav Duda in 2021

Václav Duda

* 1933

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

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

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Karel Dufek

* 1916 †︎ 2009

International Brigadiers, Communist official, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Veteran of WW2, western front

20. 7. 1936 - 1. 9. 1939 - civil war in Spain, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

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