Witnesses starting with letter J

Marie Jiroušková during the filming

Marie Jiroušková

* 1920 †︎ unknown

Relatives of important personalities, Sanitary worker during the World War 2

18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

Vladimír Jirout in 2018

Architect Vladimír Jirout

* 1932 †︎ 2018

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts, A secret police collaborator, 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, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 1 more anniversaries

Jiří Jiroutek

* 1928 †︎ 2023

Artists, A cultural celebrity

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Danuška Jírová, a portrait

Danuška Jírová

* 1922

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Déclassé, The Partisan, Political prisoner in WW2 and 7 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Hana Jírová for Reflex magazine

Hana Jírová

* 1934 †︎ 2022

Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, The Children of Svatobořice, Internační tábor Svatobořice u Kyjova

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 24. 10. 1942 - poprava 261 československých odbojářů v KT Mauthausen

The witness in her 40s

Růžena Jírová

* 1933

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”

Ivana Jirovcová in 2019

Ivana Jirovcová

* 1944

Emigrant, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Klára Pospíšilová in 1989, the Karlštejn May Day carnival

Klára Jirovcová Pospíšilová

* 1969

Journalist, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Miloslav Jirsa

Miloslav Jirsa

* 1910 †︎ 2004

Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Israel/Palestine, Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Veteran of WW2, western front

21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 6. 1949 – Execution of General Heliodor Píka

Graduation photo of Oldřich Jirsák

Oldřich Jirsák

* 1947

Scientist, University professor, A cultural celebrity

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

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