Witnesses starting with letter D

Fr. Drápala as a soldier in Bechyně, 1959

František Drápala

* 1940

Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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Iva Drápalová

* 1925 †︎ 2016

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Journalist

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Hugo Drásal shortly after his release from the mines in 1946 (he still has coal dust around his eyes)

Hugo Drásal

* 1927 †︎ 2017

Internační tábor Svatobořice u Kyjova, National minorities, Sudeten Germans

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

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Daniela Draská

* 1934

Soutěž Příběhy 20. století, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

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Josef Drašnar

* 1942

Relative of a political prisoner

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 9. 1948 – Funeral of President Edvard Beneš, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

Jana Drašnarová, 1971

MVDr. Jana Drašnarová

* 1939

Political prisoner in WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

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

Daniel Dräxler

* 1973

Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, National minorities

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1989 - Transition in Hungary, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Jan Dražan as a private in the air force, Vienna, 1942

Jan Dražan

* 1922 †︎ 2014

Wehrmacht soldier

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

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