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Přemysl Dostalík in 2023

Přemysl Dostalík

* 1935 †︎ 2023

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

Zdeňka Dostálová, Uničov, 11 July 2023

Zdeňka Dostálová

* 1929

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Forced labour during the WW2, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

Květa Dostálová / 1950s

Květa Dostálová

* 1933

People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 6 more anniversaries

Květuše Dostálová, 1955

Květuše Dostálová

* 1937

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Relative of a political prisoner

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Colonel Ctirad Doubek after his reactivation in 1990

Ing., Colonel Ctirad Doubek

* 1937 †︎ unknown

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

As a young man

Stanislav Doubek

* 1947 †︎ 2020

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jaroslav Douša in 1964

PhDr. Jaroslav Douša

* 1949

Historian, Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

Miloslav Douša at the Border Guard

Miloslav Douša

* 1953

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Politician

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral

Pavel Douša (2015)

Pavel Douša

* 1948

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Sister Paulína photo 2012

Růžena Doušová

* 1915 †︎ 2015

Friars, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Paměť českých neslyšících

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks

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