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Božena Koutná (Ivanová), 1945

Božena Ivanová

* 1927 †︎ 2023

Czech minority in the former USSR, Member of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps (General Svoboda's army), Veteran of WW2, eastern front

1932 - 1933 - Holodomor - Great famine in Ukraine, 1941, August 27-28 - Mass murder of Jews in Kamianets Podolskyi, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Michal Izaj in 1945

Michal Izaj

* 1921 †︎ 2013

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

3. - 6. 11. 1943 - Battle of Kiev, 29. 6. 1945 – Withdrawal from the Carpatho-Russia in favour of the USSR, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia)

Pavel Jacko in 1946

Pavel Jacko

* 1923 †︎ 2014

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, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 1. – 2. 1. 1944 - Battle of Biela Cerkov

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

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

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

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

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

Jelínek foto vyšetř. spis.jpg (historic)

Jan Jelínek

* 1912 †︎ 2009

Representative of the Church, Vicar without State agreement, People helping Jews during WWII, Non-Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989 and 4 more categories

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 13. 7. 1943 - Destroying of Český Malín

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