Witnesses starting with letter G

Václav Grim, a photo from a wedding, 1949

Ing. Václav Grim

* 1924

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Marie (sestra Vlasta) Grisová

Marie (sestra Vlasta) Grisová

* 1930

Friars, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks

Josef Grobelný during his service in the Border Guard (1972-1974)

Josef Grobelný

* 1953

Border Guards, 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

Jaroslav Grof

Jaroslav Grof

* 1921 †︎ unknown

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Stanislav Grof

MUDr. Stanislav Grof

* 1931

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Dieter Groffig - foto z vazby 1953

Dieter Groffig

* 1933

Germany, The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, Victim of forced relocation, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Political prisoner in the GDR and 3 more categories

1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 17.6.1953 - Uprising of 1953 in East Germany, 13.8.1961 - Building of the Berlin Wall

Stanislav Groh at a race on 15 February 1976. This was his first racing event after returning from hospital where he was treated for pneumonia

Stanislav Groh

* 1946

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Gronsky_1950.JPG (historic)

Ján Gronský

* 1928 †︎ 2023

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Participant in antifascist resistance, Boy Scouts, A secret police collaborator and 2 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 22. – 29. 4. 1956 – 2nd Congress of Czech Writers, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 2 more anniversaries

Roman Gronsky in 2022

Roman Gronský

* 1950

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Winton’s Children, Descendant of a Holocaust survivor

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

As a twenty-year-old, Jaroslav Grosman was „totally mounted“ into a branch of the company Daimler-Benz in Nová Paka. Along with friends they disrupted the power line and thus closed down part of the factory.

Jaroslav Grosman

* 1924 †︎ 2012

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, Agent of the western secret services (cold war) and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

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