Volhynian Czechs | Memory of Nations

Zdena as a young woman, Kraslice region, around 1960

Zdena Machková, roz. Kubíková

* 1941

National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Czech minority in the former USSR, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Repatriated and 1 more categories

10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, Ukrainian insurgent movement 1930–1950

Boris Malák during filming in Prague on October 20, 2023

Ing. First Lieutenant Boris Malák

* 1926 †︎ 2024

The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, Repatriated, Member of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps (General Svoboda's army), Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Volhynian Czechs

Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass and 2 more anniversaries

Rymanów Zdrój, november 1944, wedding photo of Anna (Hana) Pajerová and Jan Malášek

Anna Malášková, roz. Pajerová

* 1921 †︎ 2011

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Political prisoner in WW2, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs and 1 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, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR and 1 more anniversaries

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Colonel (ret.) Irena Malínská roz. Šmidtová

* 1925 †︎ 2012

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Sanitary worker during the World War 2, Relative of a political prisoner and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 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

Mandová Olga 2018

Mgr. Olga Mandová

* 1962

Czech minority in the former USSR, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Emilie Marková

* 1922

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR

Marie Martinková, roz. Pastorková

* 1953

Relative of a political prisoner, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Volhynian Czechs

1932 - 1933 - Holodomor - Great famine in Ukraine, 3.9.1942 - 2.2.1943 Battle of Stalingrad, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Parents of Darina Martinovská Josef and Božena with the witness as a child

PaedDr. Darina Martinovská

* 1947

Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Volhynian Czechs, Politician, Relative of a political prisoner and 3 more categories

13. 7. 1943 - Destroying of Český Malín, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime

Miloslav Masopust

General (ret.) Miloslav Masopust

* 1924 †︎ 2026

Holocaust, National minorities, Sokol, Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 13. 7. 1943 - Destroying of Český Malín and 1 more anniversaries

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First Lieutenant Václav Maťátko

* 1924

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

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