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Jan Opletal, 1969

Jan Opletal

* 1947

Lawyer, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

Bedřich Opočenský

Bedřich Opočenský

* 1924 †︎ 2016

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, People helping Jews during WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass and 6 more anniversaries

Jan Opočenský in 1996 in the parish house garden in Mělník

Mgr. Jan Opočenský

* 1949

Representative of the Church, Non-Catholic clerical, Repatriated, Member of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps (General Svoboda's army), Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 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

Jan Opočenský in unifrom in the hospital in Nezhin (1944-45)

Jan Opočenský

* 1926 †︎ 2019

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs

22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland

Opočenský Jiří

First Lieutenant Jiří Opočenský

* 1926

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Vladislav Opočenský

Vladislav Opočenský

* 1921 †︎ 2013

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Holocaust

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Tadeusz Oratowski at the end of the 1960s as commander of a tank platoon of the 11th Mechanized Regiment of the 4th Division.

Colonel Tadeusz Oratowski

* 1943

Poland, Holocaust, People's Army of Poland soldier, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Marta Orolinová in 2022

MUDr. Marta Orolinová

* 1953

Relative of a political prisoner, Anti-communist rebel, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Jaroslav as a young catholic scout, around 1938

Doc. MUDr. Jaroslav Ort

* 1931

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Relatives of important personalities

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 24. 10. 1942 - poprava 261 československých odbojářů v KT Mauthausen

Paul Ort during an expedition in the Amazon, 1962

MUDr. Professor, MUDr. Paul Ort

* 1936

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Illegal border crossing, Political prisoner in WW2 and 7 more categories

24. 10. 1942 - poprava 261 československých odbojářů v KT Mauthausen, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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