Witnesses starting with letter L

Jiří Louda

Colonel (ret.) Jiří Louda

* 1920 †︎ 2015

Veteran of WW2, western front, French Foreign Legion, Participant in antifascist resistance, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), A cultural celebrity and 3 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 6 more anniversaries

Petr Louda, 1974

Petr Louda

* 1958

National minorities, Politician, Sudeten Germans, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Graduation photo of Ljuba Loudilová

Ing. Ljuba Loudilová

* 1934

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Erika Loudová at the age of 20 in her wedding photo

Erika Loudová

* 1938

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Sudeten Germans, Witness of local events from the Communist era

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jaroslav Loukota, early 1960s

Jaroslav Loukota

* 1945

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Volhynian Czechs

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

A period portrait of a witness from 1966

Ing. Ljuba Loukotová

* 1943

National minorities, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Repatriated, Ukrainian political emigration 1944-1950

Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, 29. 6. 1945 – Withdrawal from the Carpatho-Russia in favour of the USSR

Regina Loukotová, 1975

Regina Loukotová

* 1971

Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Bohumila Louková in 1955

Ing. Bohumila Louková

* 1938

Member of Orel, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Sokol, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jiří Louvar in front of his birth house, 1977

Jiří Louvar

* 1958

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Forced labour during the WW2, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 26.8. 1980 Solidarity strike in Wroclaw

Josef Loužecký serving in the army

Josef Loužecký

* 1939

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

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, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

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