Witnesses starting with letter D

Bohuslav Douša, 1960s

Bohuslav Douša

* 1942

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 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

Vladimír Dousek in his youth

Vladimír Dousek

* 1942

Artists, A cultural celebrity

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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

A photo of that time

Věra Doušová

* 1947

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Volhynian Czechs

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Borivoj Dovniković

Borivoj Dovniković

* 1930

Croatia

Horváth Ferenc

Ferenc Dr. Horváth

* 1966

Hungary, Gypsies / Roma, A cultural celebrity

Dimitrij Dráb

* 1920 †︎ 2006

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1945 – Withdrawal from the Carpatho-Russia in favour of the USSR, 3. - 6. 11. 1943 - Battle of Kiev

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