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Harry Feinberg

Harry Feinberg

* 1920 †︎ 2014

Veteran of WW2, western front, Belarus

1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 6. 6. 1944 - Overlord, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

Leopold Fiala

Leopold Fiala

* 1917

Veteran of WW2, western front, French Foreign Legion, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

Bronislaw Firla

Bronislaw Firla

* 1924 †︎ 2019

People's Army of Poland soldier, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Veteran of WW2, western front

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Miroslav Fiser in the Czechoslovak Brigade in France in 1945

Miroslav Fišer

* 1925 †︎ 2014

Veteran of WW2, western front, Wehrmacht soldier

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 6. 6. 1944 - Overlord

Colonel Jaromír Foretník

* 1914 †︎ 2006

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

In the castle guard

Captain (ret.) Josef Fronc

* 1920 †︎ 2015

Veteran of WW2, western front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Sanitary worker during the World War 2, The Army of the Protectorate Bohemia-Moravia, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Vladimír Fros

* 1924 †︎ 2007

Veteran of WW2, western front, Participant in antifascist resistance, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR

Imrich Gablech

Imrich Gablech

* 1915 †︎ 2016

Veteran of WW2, western front, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, Royal Air Force, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR

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Petr Gibian

* 1922 †︎ 2008

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain

Gihoul Louis, WWII

Louis Gihoul

* 1923 †︎ 2022

Veteran of WW2, western front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Belgium

1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

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