Before the Fall of Iron Curtain 1946–1949 | Memory of Nations

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Maria Anielski Kołpa

Maria Anielski - Kołpa

* 1930

German minority in Poland after 1945, Poland

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 12.1.1945 - 13.2.1945 Vistula–Oder Offensive

Miloslav Anonym

* 1930

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Witness´s wedding photo

Marie Anonymní

* 1933

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Juraj Anoškin

Juraj Anoškin

* 1930

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

František Antl

František Antl

* 1941 †︎ 2022

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Štěpán Antonij

Colonel (ret.) Štěpán Antonij

* 1922 †︎ 2006

Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag

3. - 6. 11. 1943 - Battle of Kiev, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 29. 6. 1945 – Withdrawal from the Carpatho-Russia in favour of the USSR

Margita Antonová in her youth

Margita Antonová

* 1936

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

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

As a young woman

Marie Antošová

* 1932

National minorities, Relatives of important personalities, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Underage political prisoners, Victim of forced relocation and 5 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

Soňa Antošová during the shooting

Soňa Antošová

* 1937

Victim of forced relocation, 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, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Arabadzis Antonis

Antonis Arabadzis

* 1936

Greece, Greek minority in former Czechoslovakia

1944 - 1949 Greek civil war

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