Witnesses starting with letter W

Jozef as a young member of the kibbutz

Jozef Weiss

* 1933 †︎ 2024

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Hidden people and 1 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 24.9.1945 - Pogrom in Topoľčany, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 3 more anniversaries

Mr. Weiss in a historical photograph while working as a metal engraver

Siegfried Weiss

* 1933 †︎ 2022

Germany, Sudeten Germans

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Werika Weissová dobové foto.jpg (historic)

Erika Weissová

* 1930 †︎ 2016

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Repatriated, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945)

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Olga Weissová, Nymburk, 2024

Olga Weissová

* 1930

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Period photography of Mária Weissová.

Mária Weissová rod. Kovalová

* 1933

Holocaust, Illegal border crossing, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Hidden people

2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 1944-1945 Hungary at the end of the second world war , 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Alica Weisfeiler - photo from recording.

Alica Weiszfeiler

* 1933

Emigrant, Holocaust, National minorities, Israel/Palestine, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp

Elvíra Weiszová

Elvíra Weiszová

* 1915 †︎ 2021

Holocaust, National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

Zdeněk Weitosch first year at university, 1951

Ing. Zdeněk Weitosch

* 1933

Déclassé, Friars, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Farmer

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Ilse Weitz in 2020

Ilse Weitz

* 1935

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, Death marches 1944-1945, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Edith Weitzenová (roz. Nettlová)

Edith Weitzenová (roz. Nettlová)

* 1924 †︎ 2011

Veteran of WW2, western front, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, National minorities, Holocaust and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain and 2 more anniversaries

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