Witnesses starting with letter J

Vlasta Janoušková - young - portrait - 1960

Vlasta Janoušková

* 1930 †︎ 2019

Holocaust, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, A cultural celebrity

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Zora Janovcová 18 years old

PhDr. Zora Janovcová

* 1949

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. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

KJ_portrait2b.jpg (historic)

Karel Janovický

* 1930 †︎ 2024

A cultural celebrity, Boy Scouts, Radio Free Europe

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

Věra Janovská

Věra Janovská

* 1929

Boy Scouts

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vítězslav Janovský in 1934

Vítězslav Janovský

* 1930

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime

A portrait photo of Zbyněk Janovský from the late 1960s

Zbyněk Janovský

* 1932

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

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 3 more anniversaries

Milan Jansa, 2025

Milan Jansa

* 1956

Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

With his apprentice David Navara, 1997

Ing. Vlastimil Jansa

* 1942

Memories about Fidel Castro, Spolupracovník Vojenské kontrarozvědky, The Sportsmen, 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

Dušana Janská

Ing., Arch. Dušana Janská

* 1945

Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Janská Jarmila

Jarmila Janská

* 1927 †︎ 2018

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

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

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