Witness of local events from the Communist era | Memory of Nations

Viliam Otiepka in 1950

Viliam Otiepka

* 1935

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Josef Otisk at the age of five, shortly after the war in 1945

Ing. Josef Otisk

* 1940

French Foreign Legion, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Lubomír Otisk / May 2018

Lubomír Otisk

* 1926

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area

Jiří Otradovec, 1950s

Jiří Otradovec

* 1933

Member of an Illegal Church, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Anton Otte

Monsignor Anton Otte

* 1939 †︎ 2021

Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, National minorities, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Déclassé and 6 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

With daughter Eliška, 1978

Miluška Ottová

* 1943

Holocaust, People helping Jews during WWII, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Petr Ouda in 2019

Petr Ouda

* 1953

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”

Martin Oulický in 1975

Martin Oulický

* 1951

Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

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

František Outrata in his childhood

František Outrata

* 1936

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jan Jakub Outrata, approx. 1968

PhDr. Jan Jakub Outrata

* 1948

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Scientist

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, Palach Week

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