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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

Jaromír Jarmara

Jaromír Jarmara

* 1923 †︎ 2014

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia

Emilie Jarmarová

Emílie Jarmarová

* 1923 †︎ 2011

Holocaust, National minorities, Participant in antifascist resistance, Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 13. 7. 1943 - Destroying of Český Malín, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass and 2 more anniversaries

Michal Jvorcak in 1945

Lieutenant Colonel (ret.) Michal Javorčák

* 1921 †︎ 2017

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 3. 1943 - The battle of Sokolovo, 1. – 2. 1. 1944 - Battle of Biela Cerkov, 3. - 6. 11. 1943 - Battle of Kiev and 2 more anniversaries

Ludmila Javorová

Ludmila Javorová

* 1932

Representative of the Church, Vicar without State agreement, Catholic clerical, Anti-communist rebel

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Josef Jedlička

Josef Jedlička

* 1921

Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Forced labour during the WW2, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Josef Jedlička

* 1923 †︎ 2022

The Partisan, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Boy Scouts, Sokol, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

contemporary photo

Oldřich Jedlička

* 1922

Forced labour during the WW2, Political prisoner in WW2, Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Václav Jedlička in Czechoslovak army

Václav Jedlička

* 1908 †︎ 2010

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 13. 7. 1943 - Destroying of Český Malín, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass and 2 more anniversaries

Jiřina Jedličková, period photograph

Jiřina Jedličková

* 1935

Lawyer, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 3 more anniversaries

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