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Emil Drastík, mid 1950s

Emil Drastík

* 1936 †︎ 2025

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Antonie Draxelová

* 1946

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

1951 - Deportation from Banat to Baragan (Romania), 16. 12. 1989 - 24-25. 12. 1989 - The Romanian revolution, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jiří Dražil as a grammar school student, about 1973

Ing. Jiří Dražil

* 1957

Environmentalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 5. 4. 1968 – Formation of KAN (Club of Active Non-partisans), 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Josef Dražil, a portrait

Josef Dražil

* 1923 †︎ 2022

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Milan Drbohlav (2015)

Milan Drbohlav

* 1941

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

M. Drdlík, 1972

Miroslav Drdlík

* 1937

Border Guards, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria, Likvidace starého Mostu, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Dagmar Dressler in her youth

Dagmar Dresslerová

* 1939

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, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising

Drevjana orez 2.jpg (historic)

Alena Dřevjaná-Coufalová

* 1969

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

Games of the XXIII Olympiad

A vintage picture of Milica Drgoňová

Milica Drgoňová, rod. Čárska

* 1937

Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, 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, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Václav Drhovský, 1950–1952, Plzeň

Václav Drhovský

* 1935

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

30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

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