Witnesses of local events connected to WWII | Memory of Nations

Miloslav Komárek, mid-1950s

Miloslav Komárek

* 1937

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, 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, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Zdeněk Komárek 1947

Zdeněk Komárek

* 1929 †︎ 2022

Border Guards, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1951 - creation of the restricted border area along the Czechoslovakian border with Western Germany and Austria, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Oldřich Komenda

Oldřich Komenda

* 1924 †︎ unknown

Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Secret police informer, Boy Scouts and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Karel Komers in his youth

Karel Komers

* 1938

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 22 May 1946 - Trial with K. H. Frank, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence and 2 more anniversaries

1938: before the war in festive costume from his native village

Růžena Komosná

* 1920 †︎ 2020

Member of Orel, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, A cultural celebrity

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

1946 - Matěj Komosný as a soldier in Slavičín

Matěj Komosný

* 1924 †︎ 2019

Forced labour during the WW2, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Hidden people

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Štefan Kondás in the military, 1953

Štefan Kondáš

* 1932

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Witness Magdaléna with parents: mother Rozália and father Herman Pessel.

Magdaléna Konečná (Bínovská)

* 1938

People helping Jews during WWII, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Emile Konečná

Emilie Konečná

* 1933 †︎ 2018

Czech minority in the former USSR, People helping Jews during WWII, National minorities, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR and 2 more anniversaries

Konecny Mojmir orez dobovy.jpg (historic)

JUDr. Mojmír Konečný

* 1919 †︎ 2016

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Boy Scouts, Diplomat, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial

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