Witnesses starting with letter J

The witness as a young man

Walter Jank

* 1944

Germany, Sudeten Germans

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Portrait photography of Igor Janke in 2022. Photo by Gosia Kawka-Piotrowska.

Igor Janke

* 1967

Poland

Vznik nezávislého odborové hnutí Solidarita, Výjimečný stav v Polsku

Juraj Janko

Juraj Janko

* 1921

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Red Army soldier, Wehrmacht soldier and 2 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 1 more anniversaries

Libuše Janková in 1967

Libuše Janková

* 1948

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

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

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

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