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

Josef Josefík in 1990

PhDr. Josef Josefík

* 1949

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Anti-communist rebel

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Helena Josefová, born Plachtová, 1941

Helena Josefová

* 1923

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Forced labour during the WW2

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 8 more anniversaries

Helena Judlová in 1959

MUDr. Helena Judlová

* 1954

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Descendant of a Holocaust survivor

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 3 more anniversaries

Eliane Juklová, around 1975

Eliane Juklová

* 1936 †︎ 2023

National minorities, Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Mirko Juna in a hero costume at the beginning of the nineties

Mgr. Mirko Juna

* 1945

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Boy Scouts, Sokol, Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, Palach Week and 2 more anniversaries

Vojtěch Jůna, historical photography

Vojtěch Jůna

* 1920 †︎ 2010

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Veteran of WW2, western front

1940 - The Battle of France, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Ivan Junášek in 1974

Ivan Junášek

* 1955

Journalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jiří Junek, circa 1948

Jiří Junek

* 1933

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Jaroslav Jung as a 25 years old, 1971

Jaroslav Jung

* 1946

Czech Minority in Klodzko County (Poland), The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, Repatriated, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1945 - 1946 Resettlement of Poles in the "Regained lands" , 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Richard Jung jako doktorand na Harvardu

Professor, PhDr. Richard Jung

* 1926 †︎ 2014

Emigrant, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Political prisoner in WW2, Participant in antifascist resistance and 3 more categories

1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

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