Witnesses starting with letter N

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Second Lieutenant (ret.) Bohumil Novák

* 1920

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Forced labour during the WW2

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Eduard Novák

* 1922

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, The Partisan

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

František Novák, circa 2000

František Novák

* 1934

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

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, Fights with Bandera's forces, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Novák Gabriel

Gabriel Novák

* 1930

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1962 – An extensive amnesty

Jaroslav Novák got married on August 24, 1968. His wedding was surrounded by the armored vehicles of the occupiers

Jaroslav Novák

* 1946

Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Jaroslav Novák

Jaroslav Novák

* 1921 †︎ 2011

Veteran of WW2, western front, Emigrant, Royal Air Force, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1940 - The Battle of France, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities

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Jaroslav Novák

* 1932

Boy Scouts, Sokol, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial

Jiří Novák - portrait

Jiří Novák

* 1937

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Relative of a political prisoner

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jiří Novák at work stenographing

PhDr. Jiří Novák

* 1927 †︎ 2025

Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

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Jiří Novák

* 1931

A cultural celebrity, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relatives of important personalities

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

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