Witnesses starting with letter J

Ludmila Janková, a wedding portrait

Ludmila Janková

* 1939

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

Petr Jankovec when circa fourteen years old

Petr Jankovec

* 1935

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Hanna Petrivna Jankovska, a portrait

Hanna Petrivna Jankovska

* 1939

Ukraine, National minorities, Repatriated, Slovak-Polish relations in years 1918 - 1945, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

1944 - 1947 - Population Transfers from the Ukrainian - Polish Borderlands, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, Ukraine in 1986–1991

Jaromíra Jankovská in her childhood

Jaromíra Jankovská

* 1953

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

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

In the military, Vysoké Mýto, 1949

Emanuel Jankovský

* 1927 †︎ 2024

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

František Jankovský at the military service

František Jankovský

* 1947

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Border Guards

1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Petr Jankovský - period photo

Petr Jankovský

* 1927 †︎ 2016

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Representative of the Church, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Non-Catholic clerical and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Boleslav Janků

Boleslav Janků

* 1924

Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Forced labour during the WW2, The Partisan

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Jan Janků (2016)

Jan Janků

* 1921 †︎ 2019

Forced labour during the WW2, Victim of forced relocation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Ludmila Janků in 1936 in Volyn, Ukraine

Ludmila Janků

* 1933

Ukraine, People helping Jews during WWII, Victim of forced relocation, Repatriated, Volhynian Czechs

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR

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