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

Witness at the military service in 1962

Dr. Ing. Stanislav Gawlik

* 1941

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

2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, Výjimečný stav v Polsku

Sultana Gawliková, graduation portrait, 1963

MUDr. Sultana Gawliková

* 1945

Greek minority in former Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1949 Greek civil war, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Augustin Ladislav Gazda

Augustin Ladislav Gazda

* 1960 †︎ 2019

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Friars and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad

Historical photography

Zuzana Gazdaricová rod. Šavrtková

* 1932

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 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

Vojtěška Gazdíková in 2022

Vojtěška Gazdíková

* 1943 †︎ unknown

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Forced labour during the WW2

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 2 more anniversaries

Eliška Gazdová (Slavická) in her childhood

Eliška Gazdová

* 1944

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jiří Gebert in the graduation photo

Ing. arch. Jiří Gebert

* 1942

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Alena Gebertová, 90s

Alena Gebertová

* 1946

Lawyer in the 50`s, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 8. - 11. 10. 1950 - Trial against F.A.Stříteský, head of the piarist dormitory in Litomyšl, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Alena Gecse, 1977

Alena Gecse

* 1957

Romania, Czechs from Banat, National minorities, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1951 - Deportation from Banat to Baragan (Romania), 16. 12. 1989 - 24-25. 12. 1989 - The Romanian revolution

Witness, April 1, 1961 Klimkovice

Jana Gelnarová

* 1943

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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