Witnesses starting with letter J

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Jiří Jeřábek

* 1935

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation and 1 more anniversaries

V.Jeřábek, 2013

Václav Jeřábek

* 1923

Slovak army soldier during 1939 - 1945

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Eva Jerochim in Prague in 1979

Eva Jerochim

* 1953

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

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

Karel Jersák in 1941

Karel Jersák

* 1924 †︎ 2019

Representative of the Church, National minorities, Non-Catholic clerical, Victim of forced relocation, Relative of a political prisoner

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

Accordionist Ludvík Jersák shortly after the war

Ludvík Jersák

* 1936

Czech minority in the former USSR, The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Volhynian Czechs

7. 11. 1917 - October Revolution in Russia, Deportations to the Far East, Siberia and North Kazachstan 1939–1941 and 1944–1950, 3.9.1942 - 2.2.1943 Battle of Stalingrad, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin

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Second Lieutenant Miroslav Jersák

* 1923 †︎ 2012

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs, Sanitary worker during the World War 2

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

Pavlína Jerusalemová, née Epsteinová

Pavla Jerusalemová

* 1921 †︎ 2019

Participant in antifascist resistance, A cultural celebrity, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

Jiří Ješ

Jiří Ješ

* 1926 †︎ 2011

Journalist, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Radio Free Europe, A cultural celebrity

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 10. 6. 1942 – Destruction of Lidice, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 3 more anniversaries

Marie with her parents and brother Ludvík

Marie Jesenáková

* 1954

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Jaroslava Jesenská, a portrait

Jaroslava Jesenská

* 1942

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

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