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Ing. Karel Janeček

* 1927 †︎ 2020

A cultural celebrity, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Forced labour during the WW2, People helping Jews during WWII, Relatives of important personalities and 4 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Lt. Col. Štefan Jangl near the bridge built by Slovaks near the eastern Slovak village of Berak, 1997

Štefan Jangl

* 1955

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, National minorities, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, War veteran after 1989, University professor

1991 - 1995 - Croatian War of Independence, 1992 - 1995 Bosnian War

Bořivoj Janhuba-1946

Bořivoj Janhuba

* 1925 †︎ 2016

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, The Partisan

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Juraj Janko

Juraj Janko

* 1921

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Red Army soldier, Wehrmacht soldier and 2 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 1 more anniversaries

Petr Jankovec when circa fourteen years old

Petr Jankovec

* 1935

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Boleslav Janků

Boleslav Janků

* 1924

Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Forced labour during the WW2, The Partisan

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Albín Jankulík as a soldier

Ing. Albín Jankulík

* 1935

Memory of vanished settlements, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Participant in the Slovak national uprising

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 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 and 3 more anniversaries

Lucie Janotová, 1964

Lucie Janotová

* 1932 †︎ 2025

Internační tábor Svatobořice u Kyjova, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, The Partisan, Political prisoner in WW2, Relative of a political prisoner and 3 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Maturant Ladislav Janouch (r.1939)

Ladislav Janouch

* 1920 †︎ 2019

Forced labour during the WW2, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Participant in antifascist resistance, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising and 2 more anniversaries

Jansky April 1945 a front photo

Colonel (ret.) Alfred Jánský

* 1914 †︎ 2015

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

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