Witnesses of local events connected to WWII | Memory of Nations

Emílie, graduation picture

Emílie Milerová

* 1936

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Gertruda Milerská (on the right) with her older sister Hanne in the late 1930s

Gertruda Milerská

* 1933

Holocaust, Political prisoner in WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

September 1939- occupation of the entire Upper Silesia by Germany, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Antonie Militká

Antonie Militká

* 1928 †︎ 2018

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, National minorities, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, Theresienstadt Ghetto and 4 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 1 more anniversaries

Milan Milner

* 1926 †︎ unknown

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, The Partisan, Sokol, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války and 1 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

With his wife and both daughters, early 1960s

Andrej Milták

* 1936

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

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, Death marches 1944-1945, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 4 more anniversaries

Miloš Miltner as a private in the Auxiliary Technical Battalions

Miloš Miltner

* 1932

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 9. 1948 – Funeral of President Edvard Beneš and 2 more anniversaries

Olha Volodymyrivna Minajeva, 11 February 2021

Olha Volodymyrivna Minajeva

* 1934

Ukraine, Illegal border crossing, National minorities, The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, Repatriated and 3 more categories

Ukrainian insurgent movement 1930–1950, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1947 - Population Transfers from the Ukrainian - Polish Borderlands, Ukraine in 1986–1991

Josef Minář, 1942

Josef Minář

* 1922 †︎ 2024

Forced labour during the WW2, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Ludmila Minaříková at her graduation, 1960s

JUDr. Ludmila Minaříková

* 1935 †︎ 2024

Relatives of important personalities, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The topic of security forces before 1989

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Josef Mišák during the military service, 1951

Josef Mišák

* 1928

Bata school Graduate, Illegal border crossing, Relative of a political prisoner, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 3 more categories

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps and 7 more anniversaries

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