Witnesses starting with letter D

Jana Dědečková

* 1951 †︎ 2024

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Contemporary photograph of Marie Dědečková, 2025

Marie Dědečková

* 1941

Dalibor Dědek at the age of eleven

Dalibor Dědek

* 1957

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, 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, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Emil Dědek

* 1914

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

dědič dobový zmenš..jpg (historic)

Miroslav Dědič

* 1925 †︎ 2020

Gypsies / Roma, A cultural celebrity

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

Dedkova_dobove_foto.jpg (historic)

Eva Dědková

* 1936

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague

Dědková Miluše

Miluše Dědková

* 1927

National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Holocaust, People helping Jews during WWII

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR

Jiří Degl 1954

Jiří Degl

* 1944

A cultural celebrity, Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou and 1 more anniversaries

Petr Deiml

* 1950

National minorities, Israel/Palestine, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5.-10. 6. 1967 Six-Day War

Gene Deitch

Eugene Deitch

* 1924 †︎ 2020

A cultural celebrity, United States of America

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

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