Witnesses starting with letter G

Hana in 1947

Hana Gerzanicová

* 1928 †︎ 2023

A cultural celebrity, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Repatriated and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

Gey Batt

* 1973

Burma/Myanmar

Arsen Ghazaryan during USSR times

Arsen Ghazaryan Արսեն Ղազարյան

* 1952

Dissident, Armenia

Perestroika, Dissolution of the Soviet Union

Tariel Ghviniashvili, 2023

Tariel Ghviniashvili ტარიელ ღვინიაშვილი

* 1960

Georgia, Dissident, Political prisoner

Perestroika, Dissolution of the Soviet Union

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Petr Gibian

* 1922 †︎ 2008

Veteran of WW2, western front, Emigrant, Royal Air Force, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain

Lisa Kumermann (Elisheva Gidron). 1946.

Elisheva Gidron, roz. Kummermann

* 1920

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, National minorities, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, Boy Scouts and 4 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

Jozef Giertl

Jozef Giertl

* 1921 †︎ 2012

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, The Partisan, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Slovak army soldier during 1939 - 1945

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

Gihoul Louis, WWII

Louis Gihoul

* 1923 †︎ 2022

Veteran of WW2, western front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Belgium

1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

Jiřina Gímešová, 18 years old

Mgr. Jiřina Gímešová

* 1932 †︎ 2023

French Foreign Legion, Historian, Communist official, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Victim of forced relocation and 6 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 7 more anniversaries

Josef Giňa, late 1970s

Josef Giňa

* 1968

National minorities, Gypsies / Roma, Art and censorship

Odchod českých Romů do Kanady a Velké Británie 1999

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