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

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Jana Arbanová while being recorded in 2021

Jana Arbanová

* 1962

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ludvík Armbruster as a secondary-school student, Ústín, 1945

Professor Ludwig Armbruster

* 1928 †︎ 2021

Representative of the Church, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Boy Scouts, Scientist and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 12. 3. 1938 - "Anschluss" of Austria, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 1 more anniversaries

Maita Arnautová, 1961

Mgr. Maita Arnautová

* 1939

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 7. 11. 1917 - October Revolution in Russia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1945 - Arrests of Russian émigrés by the agents of SMERSH

Graduation photograph, ca. 1963

Petr Arnet

* 1947

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

Petr Arton

* 1922 †︎ 2021

Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine and 2 more categories

1948 – Action "DI" (Confidential: Israel), 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial

Ascherlová Hana (*1955)

Hana Ascherlová

* 1955 †︎ 2017

Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Norbert Auerbach - private in the US Army

Lieutenant Norbert Auerbach

* 1922 †︎ 2009

Veteran of WW2, western front, Emigrant, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

Battle of the Bulge, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 6. 6. 1944 - Overlord

Augsbergerová Danuše

Danuše Augsbergerová

* 1931

Anti-communist rebel

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Ingrid Augstenová in her youth

Ingrid Augstenová

* 1940 †︎ 2025

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, Likvidace starého Mostu

Young Jan Aust

Jan Aust

* 1922 †︎ unknown

Political prisoner in WW2, Sokol, Member of Revolutionary Guard Corps

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

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