Veteran of WW2, western front | Memory of Nations

Ervin Šolc in Italy

Ervín Šolc

* 1927 †︎ 2024

Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W and 4 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

JUDr. Josef Sommr

* 1913 †︎ unknown

Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Veteran of WW2, western front

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

Antonín Špaček

* 1917 †︎ 2007

Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in WW2, Relative of a political prisoner and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1940 - The Battle of France and 5 more anniversaries

Miroslav Štandera, Royal Air Force

Brigadier General (ret.) Miroslav Štandera

* 1918 †︎ 2014

Veteran of WW2, western front, French Foreign Legion, Participant in antifascist resistance, Royal Air Force, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee and 2 more categories

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, 1940 - The Battle of France and 1 more anniversaries

Václav Straka, 1944, Chomondeley

Václav Straka

* 1914 †︎ 2011

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Journalist, Charter 77 signatory, Veteran of WW2, western front

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1940 - The Battle of France, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk and 3 more anniversaries

Juraj Strauss, 1945

Major in retiment, Doc., MUDr. Juraj Strauss

* 1917 †︎ 2017

Veteran of WW2, western front, Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Participant in antifascist resistance, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Sanitary worker during the World War 2 and 1 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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Colonel Václav Strupek

* 1918

Veteran of WW2, western front, French Foreign Legion, Emigrant, Royal Air Force, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee and 1 more categories

1940 - The Battle of France, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 21. 6. 1949 – Execution of General Heliodor Píka

Josef Švajgl, Soldier Service and Pay Book

Warrant Officer Josef Švajgl

* 1923 †︎ 2019

Veteran of WW2, western front, Forced labour during the WW2

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

Josef Švarc in 1945

Lieutenant Colonel (ret.) Josef Švarc

* 1926 †︎ 2020

Forced labour during the WW2, Veteran of WW2, western front

5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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Colonel (ret.) Gustav Svoboda

* 1917 †︎ 2006

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

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