Witnesses starting with letter A

Ludvík Armbruster as a secondary-school student, Ústín, 1945

Professor Ludwig Armbruster

* 1928 †︎ 2021

Representative of the Church, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Boy Scouts, Scientist and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 12. 3. 1938 - "Anschluss" of Austria, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 1 more anniversaries

Maita Arnautová, 1961

Mgr. Maita Arnautová

* 1939

Emigrants from Russia, 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, 7. 11. 1917 - October Revolution in Russia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1945 - Arrests of Russian émigrés by the agents of SMERSH

Hilda Arnsteinová, roz. Sommerová

* 1911 †︎ 2010

Holocaust, Theresienstadt Ghetto

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

Azat as prisoner

Azat Arshakyan Ազատ Արշակյան

* 1950

Political prisoner from Armenia, Dissident, Armenia

Perestroika, First Nagorno-Karabakh War

Petr Arton

* 1922 †︎ 2021

Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine and 2 more categories

1948 – Action "DI" (Confidential: Israel), 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial

Lumír Aschenbrenner in 1976

Ing. Lumír Aschenbrenner

* 1960

Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists, 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

Ascherlová Hana (*1955)

Hana Ascherlová

* 1955

Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Magda Atlasová Schwarzová

Magda Atlasová Schwarzová

* 1919

Holocaust, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Hidden people

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

Libuše Audrlická in a period photo

Libuše Audrlická

* 1924

Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Asaf Auerbach

* 1928 †︎ 2022

Emigrant, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, Winton’s Children, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

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