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Paulína Dubeňová about 23 years old shortly after the end of World War II

Paulína Dubeňová (rod. Mladšíková)

* 1922 †︎ 2022

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Witness Karol Dubovan as a young man

Ing. Karol Dubovan

* 1953

Member of an Illegal Church, Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Politician and 20 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities and 20 more anniversaries

Marie Dubská, a portrait

Marie Dubská

* 1921

Forced labour during the WW2, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 10. 6. 1942 – Destruction of Lidice, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 8 more anniversaries

Konrád Dubský, Scotland. 1945

Konrád Dubský

* 1916 †︎ unknown

French Foreign Legion, Holocaust, Illegal border crossing, Royal Air Force, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

25. 11. 1940 - The Patria disaster, 21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign

Jiřina Duchoslavová, graduation photo

Jiřina Duchoslavová

* 1946

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Relative of a political prisoner, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

witness Margita Duchová in her youth

Margita Duchová

* 1926 †︎ 2022

Holocaust, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, People helping Jews during WWII, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, The Partisan and 2 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 1 more anniversaries

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Bohumír Dufek

* 1926 †︎ 2019

Anti-communist rebel, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Sokol

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

Joseph as a student

Josef Dufek

* 1929 †︎ 2022

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation and 5 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 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, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 6 more anniversaries

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Karel Dufek

* 1916 †︎ 2009

International Brigadiers, Communist official, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Veteran of WW2, western front

20. 7. 1936 - 1. 9. 1939 - civil war in Spain, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Petr Dujka 1970

Petr Dujka

* 1951

Dissident, Relatives of important personalities, Anti-communist rebel, Nobility, The underground

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 6 more anniversaries

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