Witnesses starting with letter D

Radovan Dražan

* 1923

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Sokol, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing

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

Jiří Dražil as a grammar school student, about 1973

Ing. Jiří Dražil

* 1957

Environmentalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 5. 4. 1968 – Formation of KAN (Club of Active Non-partisans), 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Josef Dražil, a portrait

Josef Dražil

* 1923 †︎ 2022

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

drazil_teofil_2005a.jpg (historic)

Teofil Dražil

* 1925 †︎ 2006

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR

Milan Drbohlav (2015)

Milan Drbohlav

* 1941

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Pavel Drechsler

* 1935

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, National minorities, Israel/Palestine, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1944-1945 Hungary at the end of the second world war

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Alena Dřevjaná-Coufalová

* 1969

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

Games of the XXIII Olympiad

Rut at the age of 20

Rut Dřevojánková

* 1938

Official in JZD, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

A vintage picture of Milica Drgoňová

Milica Drgoňová, rod. Čárska

* 1937

Relatives of important personalities, 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, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Václav Drhovský, 1950–1952, Plzeň

Václav Drhovský

* 1935

Memory of vanished settlements, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

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