Between the Two Wars 1918–1939 | Memory of Nations

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Witness in the Sokol sports hall. 1933

Jaruše Glosová

* 1927

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Déclassé, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, july 1938 - X. sokol slet's, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps and 11 more anniversaries

Bohumil Glückauf as a soldier of the Czechoslovak army, the 1st Air Force regiment in Praha-Kbely, where he served in 1945-1946

Bohumil Glückauf

* 1923 †︎ 2021

Participant in antifascist resistance, Political prisoner in WW2

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

Jindřich Goba, mid-1970s

Jindřich Goba

* 1933

Emigrant, Holocaust, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A secret police collaborator

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, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Witness - Jozef Golonka

Ing. Mgr. Jozef Golonka

* 1938

A cultural celebrity, Life along the Iron Curtain

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s and 1 more anniversaries

Contemporary portrait of Jan Gomola wearing the Wehrmacht uniform

Jan Gomola

* 1916 †︎ 2021

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Wehrmacht soldier, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

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

Viera Gordonová

Viera Gordonová

* 1923

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Emigrant, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp, National minorities

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

Maturita photo, SVVŠ Velvarská St Prague 6, 1965

Eva Grafová

* 1947

Veteran of WW2, western front, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Déclassé, Descendant of a Holocaust survivor

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

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Jiří Grant

* 1920 †︎ 2011

Veteran of WW2, western front, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, Royal Air Force, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

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Otto Grant

* 1923

Veteran of WW2, western front, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 25. 11. 1940 - The Patria disaster, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area

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Vojtěch Gregor

* 1918

Participant in antifascist resistance, Holocaust, The Partisan, Slovak army soldier during 1939 - 1945

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 20. 7. 1936 - 1. 9. 1939 - civil war in Spain

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