Witnesses of local events connected to WWII | Memory of Nations

Zuzana Justman before the war

Zuzana Justman

* 1931

United States of America, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust and 4 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial

Božena Jůvová in 1948

Božena Jůvová

* 1923 †︎ 2025

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, 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, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 3 more anniversaries

Portrait of Eva Jůzová

PhDr. Eva Jůzová

* 1943 †︎ 2025

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Antonín Kábele during a training

Antonín Kábele

* 1935 †︎ 2026

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

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Witness at the workshop, saxophones, 60s-70s, Herbert Chlupsa in the background

Vladislav Kabíček

* 1932

Czech community in the US, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Marie Kacrová

Marie Kacrová

* 1938

People helping Jews during WWII, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Volhynian Czechs and 1 more categories

Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Jindřich Kaděra around 1955

Jindřich Kaděra

* 1937

Boy Scouts, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Jiri Kaderabek, historical photograph

staff sergeant (ret.) Jiří Kadeřábek

* 1926 †︎ 2024

Czech minority in the former USSR, Holocaust, National minorities, Repatriated, Participant in antifascist resistance and 5 more categories

Ukrainian insurgent movement 1930–1950, 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 3. - 6. 11. 1943 - Battle of Kiev, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Vladimír Kadeřábek

Vladimír Kadeřábek

* 1929 †︎ 2020

Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, 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

Jan Kadlec in his graduation photograph (1953)

Ing. Jan Kadlec

* 1934

Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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