Veteran of WW2, western front | Memory of Nations

Emil Boček

G/Cpt. Emil Boček

* 1923 †︎ 2023

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Royal Air Force, Veteran of WW2, western front

1940 - The Battle of France

Major (ret.) Alexander Bognár

* 1917

French Foreign Legion, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Déclassé, Member of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps (General Svoboda's army) and 5 more categories

2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1940 - The Battle of France, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 6. 6. 1944 - Overlord and 2 more anniversaries

Otakar Braun in 1946

Major (ret.) Otakar Braun

* 1920 †︎ 2008

Holocaust, Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Veteran of WW2, western front

25. 11. 1940 - The Patria disaster, 21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

Karel Brhel (1946)

Karel Brhel

* 1922 †︎ 2006

Forced labour during the WW2, The Partisan, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 3 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 1 more anniversaries

Richard Brhlík

Richard Brhlík

* 1938

Veteran of WW2, western front, Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Emigrant, Israel/Palestine and 3 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

Eliahu Brodavka

Eliahu Brodavka

* 1925 †︎ 2011

Veteran of WW2, western front, Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Emigrant, Israel/Palestine, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee and 1 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 1948 – Action "DI" (Confidential: Israel), 25. 11. 1940 - The Patria disaster and 1 more anniversaries

Alexander Burger

Second Lieutenant (ret.) Alexander Burger

* 1922

Veteran of WW2, western front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945

1940 - The Battle of France, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 6. 6. 1944 - Overlord, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jaroslav Čermák in 50s

Jaroslav Čermák

* 1929 †︎ 2011

Veteran of WW2, western front, French Foreign Legion, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, Agent of the western secret services (cold war) and 2 more categories

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Černý 1945.JPG (historic)

Mečislav Černý

* 1919 †︎ 2012

Veteran of WW2, western front, Emigrant, National minorities, Royal Air Force, Forced labour during the WW2

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, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Oty Černý detail.JPG (historic)

Otakar Černý

* 1919 †︎ 2009

Veteran of WW2, western front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, Royal Air Force and 4 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

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