Witnesses starting with letter D

Gertrúda Drozdová

* 1928

Holocaust, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

Dobové foto.jpg (historic)

Věrka Drozdová, roz. Heimová

* 1935

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

ŠDD v Českém Těšíně.jpg (historic)

Jaroslav Drozen

* 1934 †︎ 2015

Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

Oskar Dub 1942

Oskar Dub

* 1924 †︎ 2021

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Sudeten Germans, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden

Viktor Dub just before his high school graduation exam, 1973

Viktor Dub

* 1954

Emigrant, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Sister Hyacinta in 2022

Sestra Hyacinta (Mária) Dubanová

* 1931 †︎ 2025

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Friars, Witness of local events from the Communist era

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns

Bohumil Dubec around 2003

Bohumil Dubec

* 1916 †︎ 2003

French Foreign Legion, Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing and 3 more categories

1940 - The Battle of France

Václav Dubec

Václav Dubec

* 1929 †︎ 2011

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), National minorities, Volhynian Czechs

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial

At the age of 14

Karel Duben

* 1944

A warder in a communist prison, The Sportsmen

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”

Paulína Dubeňová about 23 years old shortly after the end of World War II

Paulína Dubeňová (rod. Mladšíková)

* 1922 †︎ 2022

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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