Volhynian Czechs

National Minorities

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Olga Sitařová

* 1926

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs, Czech minority in the former USSR

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

With her son

Zdeňka Sitařová

* 1935

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W, Red Army soldier, Volhynian Czechs

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, Death marches 1944-1945, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Miroslav Škrábal

Second Lieutenant Miroslav Škrabal

* 1927 †︎ 2016

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Holocaust

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

Škrabánková Marie

Lieutenant (ret.) Marie Škrabánková

* 1925 †︎ 2012

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs, Sanitary worker during the World War 2, The relative of a political prisoner, People helping Jews during WWII

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Jaroslav Sodomek in 2023

Jaroslav Sodomek

* 1937

Volhynian Czechs, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 13. 7. 1943 - Destroying of Český Malín, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Dimitrij Somol

Dimitrij Somol

* 1916 †︎ 2005

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, The relative of a political prisoner and 1 more categories

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, 13. 7. 1943 - Destroying of Český Malín

Marie SOprová

Private First Class Marie Soprová roz. Masopustová

* 1925 †︎ 2017

Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Volhynian Czechs, Sanitary worker during the World War 2

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Vladimír Šotola

Vladimír Šotola

* 1928 †︎ 2013

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs, Red Army soldier

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 13. 7. 1943 - Destroying of Český Malín

Jaroslav Souček, January 27, 2010

Jaroslav Souček

* 1921 †︎ 2016

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Czech minority in the former USSR and 3 more categories

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, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland and 3 more anniversaries

A present-day picture of Vladimír Souček

Vladimír Souček

* 1915

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Red Army soldier, Soldier of the Soviet Army

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

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