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Ján Čarnogurský

* 1944

Dissident, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Anti-communist rebel, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

25.3.1988 Candle demonstration in Bratislava, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vlasta Častová in 1954

Vlasta Častová

* 1934

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 2 more anniversaries

Marino Caviccioli when joining the partisans

Marino Cavicchioli

* 1927 †︎ 2019

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, National minorities, The Partisan, Italy

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Josef Čech in 2011

Josef Čech

* 1930

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel

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Ing. Oldřich Cech

* 1922 †︎ 2019

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Rostislav Čech

Rostislav Čech

* 1925 †︎ 2010

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs

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

Jiří Čechák while jumping (approx. 192 cm) in Dvůr Králové, 1967

Mgr. Jiří Čechák

* 1938 †︎ 2024

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Czech community in the US, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, The Sportsmen and 2 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Václav Čechlovský

Václav Čechlovský

* 1922

Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Political prisoner in WW2, Forced labour during the WW2 and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

Young Marie Čechová

Marie Čechová

* 1926 †︎ 2014

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války

5. 5. 1945 - vypálení Javoříčka

Vladislav Cejtchaml

Major (ret.) Vladislav Cejtchaml

* 1927 †︎ 2015

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR

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