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Metoděj Ondruch wearing army uniform. 1967

Metoděj Ondruch

* 1945

Communist official, Witness of local events from the Communist era

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Irena Ondruchová

* 1928

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Aleš Opatrný, 1964

Mons. doc. Ing. Mgr. Aleš Opatrný , Th.D.

* 1944

Representative of the Church, Vicar without State agreement, Catholic clerical, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 2 more categories

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

Gustav Oplustil (en)

Gustav Oplustil

* 1926 †︎ 2022

Writer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Libuše Opočenská in 1944

Libuše Opočenská

* 1927 †︎ 2018

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

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jan Opočenský in 1996 in the parish house garden in Mělník

Mgr. Jan Opočenský

* 1949

Representative of the Church, Non-Catholic clerical, Repatriated, Member of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps (General Svoboda's army), Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jaroslav Opočenský in 2018

Jaroslav Opočenský

* 1949

Volhynian Czechs, Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR

Tadeusz Oratowski at the end of the 1960s as commander of a tank platoon of the 11th Mechanized Regiment of the 4th Division.

Colonel Tadeusz Oratowski

* 1943

Poland, Holocaust, People's Army of Poland soldier, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Petr Oravec

Petr Oravec

* 1964

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, The underground, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Jaroslav Orawski, 2018

Ing. Jaroslav Orawski

* 1937

Representative of the Church, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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