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Václav Jakeš

Václav Jakeš

* 1923 †︎ 2014

Anti-communist protests in Czechoslovakia in Milevsko and Sedlčansko, Anti-communist rebel, Hidden people

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Jan Jakubec

Lieutenant (ret.) Jan Jakubec

* 1915 †︎ 2008

Veteran of WW2, western front, French Foreign Legion, Participant in antifascist resistance, Sokol

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1940 - The Battle of France, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk and 1 more anniversaries

Marie Jakubíčková, 1952

Marie Jakubíčková

* 1932

Member of Orel, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2 and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Jan Jakubo

Jan Jakubo

* 1925 †︎ 2011

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, The Partisan, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989

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

Vlasta Jakubová, April 1945

Vlasta Jakubová, roz. Nováčková

* 1925 †︎ 2017

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

Milan Ján in the military uniform, 1972

Milan Ján

* 1952

Anti-communist rebel, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, 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, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

František Janáček

František Janáček

* 1935

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 1 more anniversaries

Jan Jančí as a young man

Jan Jančí

* 1919

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in WW2, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2 and 1 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 5. 1945 - vypálení Javoříčka , 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Josef Janczik

Josef Janczik

* 1928

Participant in antifascist resistance, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Representative of the Church, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989 and 1 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Portrait of Milena, Prague 1942

Milena Janda

* 1935

Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in WW2 and 8 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities and 3 more anniversaries

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