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

Marie Jónová in 2023

Marie Jónová

* 1959

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Zacharula Jordanidu

Zacharula Jordanidu

* 1948

National minorities, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Greek minority in former Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1944 - 1949 Greek civil war

V. Jordánová, actor of Liberec Theatre

Věra Jordánová

* 1928 †︎ 2022

A cultural celebrity, Relative of a political prisoner, Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 7 more anniversaries

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

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