Witnesses of local events connected to WWII | Memory of Nations

D. Kolumková

Dagmar Kolumková

* 1926

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague

Štefan Koma - 40 years old theologian (1970)

Štefan Koma

* 1929

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Catholic clerical, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Ludmila Komanová, 2024

Ludmila Komanová

* 1925

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Jaroslav Komárek, 1945

Jaroslav Komárek

* 1925

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 5 more anniversaries

Jiří Komárek, 1986

Prof. RNDr., CSc. Jiří Komárek

* 1931

Political prisoner in WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII 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

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