Between the Two Wars 1918–1939 | Memory of Nations

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Vladimír Janoušek a photo of that time

Vladimír Janoušek

* 1924 †︎ 2020

Forced labour during the WW2, Emigrants from Russia, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1932 - 1933 - Holodomor - Great famine in Ukraine, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising and 1 more anniversaries

Vítězslav Janovský in 1934

Vítězslav Janovský

* 1930

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime

A portrait photo of Zbyněk Janovský from the late 1960s

Zbyněk Janovský

* 1932

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

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 3 more anniversaries

Ludmila Janská, 2016

Ludmila Janská

* 1938

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 4. 1968 – Formation of KAN (Club of Active Non-partisans) and 5 more anniversaries

Jiří Janský as a senior student

Ing. Jiří Janský

* 1935

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

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Josef Janský, circa 1975

Architect Josef Janský

* 1929 †︎ 2024

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Marie Janštová, Šternberk, early 1980s

Marie Janštová

* 1931

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 1 more anniversaries

Jaromír Janza in the 1950s

Jaromír Janza

* 1924

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 12. 3. 1938 - "Anschluss" of Austria

Japaridze Simon

Simon Japaridze

* 1921

Prisoner of War/ P.O.W

22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 23.8.1939 - Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, 1940 - 1941 Soviet occupation of the Baltic states, 1941 - 1944 German occupation of the Baltic states

Jaromír Jarmara

Jaromír Jarmara

* 1923 †︎ 2014

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia

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