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

Jarmila Jelínková as a bride

Jarmila Jelínková

* 1937

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, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jiřina Jelínková - 1974

Jiřina Jelínková

* 1924 †︎ 2015

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 3 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Milada Jelínková in 2023

Milada Jelínková

* 1937

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

Soňa Jelínková (Straková)

Soňa Jelínková

* 1928 †︎ 2023

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 5 more anniversaries

Věra Jenčková in 2023

Věra Jenčková

* 1940

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Volhynian Czechs, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Miroslav Jeník with his son in autumn 1970 shortly before going to prison

Miroslav Jeník

* 1946

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

Ivana Jeništová during recording for Memory of Nations, 24 February 2022, Olomouc

Ivana Jeništová

* 1947

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 5 more anniversaries

Bozena Jensovska

Božena Jenšovská

* 1929

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, Relative of a political prisoner, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jaroslav Jeřábek, 2025

Jaroslav Jeřábek

* 1935

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Eva Jerochim in Prague in 1979

Eva Jerochim

* 1953

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

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

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