Witnesses starting with letter C

Manuel Cuesta Morúa (en)

Manuel Cuesta Morúa

* 1962

Cuba, Dissident, Cuban Dissident, Schools to the Countryside, Cuban Political Prisoner and 1 more categories

Cuba after 1959, Cuba after the Death of Fidel Castro, Special Period in Cuba

Portrait photo II. - 2017

Jaroslav Cuhra

* 1936 †︎ 2024

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Relative of a political prisoner, Relatives of important personalities, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 4 more anniversaries

Petar Cukon

Petar Cukon

* 1922

Croatia, Participant in antifascist resistance

Josef Cukr in 2012

Josef Cukr

* 1917 †︎ 2014

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Participant in antifascist resistance, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions)

Ilias Cumaropulos

Ilias Cumaropulos

* 1933

Greece, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, National minorities, Greek minority in former Czechoslovakia and 1 more categories

28.10.194 - 23.4.1941 Greek- Italian war, 6.4. - 23.4.1941 Battle of Greece, 1944 - 1949 Greek civil war, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Antonie Cupalová

Corporal (ret.) Antonie Cupalová

* 1922 †︎ 2009

National minorities, The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, Repatriated, Member of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps (General Svoboda's army), Veteran of WW2, eastern front and 2 more categories

17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 13. 7. 1943 - Destroying of Český Malín, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass and 1 more anniversaries

Yeris Curbelo Aguilera

* 1985

Cuba, Cuban Dissident

Hana Cuřínová on her 75th birthday (2009)

Mgr. Hana Cuřínová

* 1934

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”

Young scientist Ladislav Cvak, 1970s

Ing. Ladislav Cvak

* 1949

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

1944 - 1949 Greek civil war, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral and 2 more anniversaries

The witness at the time of his mandatory military service as a radio operator and welder, 1963

Václav Cvejn

* 1944

Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 1 more anniversaries

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