Witnesses of local events connected to WWII | Memory of Nations

Vítězslav Nohejl, 1973

Vítězslav Nohejl

* 1927 †︎ 2024

Forced labour during the WW2, A secret police collaborator, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The topic of security forces before 1989

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

As a student of the nursing school

Hana Nosková roz. Panská

* 1938

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Alojz Novák as an aviator

Pplk.v.v. Alojz Novák

* 1932

Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, The Sportsmen

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 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, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

František Novák, circa 2000

František Novák

* 1934

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

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, Fights with Bandera's forces, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Jiří Novák at work stenographing

PhDr. Jiří Novák

* 1927 †︎ 2025

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Jozef Novák (1993)

Prof. PhDr., DrSc. Jozef Novák

* 1930

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising

Richard Novák

Richard Novák

* 1931

A cultural celebrity, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Rostislav Novák at work, during about 1960's

Rostislav Novák

* 1928

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Vincenc Novák during his military service in 1952

Second Lieutenant (ret.) Vincenc Novák

* 1929 †︎ 2024

The Partisan, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Veteran of WW2, former Yugoslavia

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Eva Nováková, 2019

MUDr. Eva Nováková

* 1938

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, 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, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia and 1 more anniversaries

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