Witnesses starting with letter C

Leo Cieslík

Leo Cieslík

* 1929

National minorities, Sudeten Germans

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Cigánek, portrait

František Cigánek

* 1930 †︎ 2017

Member of Orel, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 4. 1968 – Formation of KAN (Club of Active Non-partisans)

Marie Sergijivna Cigankova

Maria Sergijivna Cigankova, roz. Zbirun

* 1924

Participant in antifascist resistance, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Farmer and 1 more categories

22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine and 2 more anniversaries

Cigánová_01.jpg (historic)

Marie Cigánová

* 1936

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR

Karel Cígler

* 1924 †︎ unknown

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Political prisoner in WW2, Boy Scouts, Forced labour during the WW2

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, Studentské pochody na Pražský hrad

Václav Cigler in 2018

Václav Cigler

* 1929 †︎ 2026

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, People helping Jews during WWII, University professor, Artists

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising

Josef Cihelka at the time of training to become a businessman

Josef Cihelka

* 1927 †︎ 2020

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Miloš Cihelka in 2025

Miloš Cihelka

* 1969

Dissident, Journalist, Anti-communist rebel, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

Palach Week, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Josef Cihelník, a portrait

Josef Cihelník

* 1933 †︎ 2022

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Jaroslav Cihlář - photograph from war war II period

PhDr. Jaroslav Cihlář

* 1924 †︎ 2014

Sokol, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

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