Witnesses starting with letter J

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

Hana Jirsáková

Hana Jirsáková

* 1944

Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Jindřiška Jirsová in 2021

PaedDr. Jindřiška Jirsová

* 1933 †︎ 2025

Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Border Guards, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 6 more anniversaries

Jiří Jírů, maturita photo, Prague 1964

Jiří Jírů

* 1946

A cultural celebrity, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18 December 2011 Václav Havel died

Little Milena Jirušová, early 1950s

Milena Jirušová

* 1948

Sokol, 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, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

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