Witnesses of local events connected to WWII | Memory of Nations

Jiří Otradovec, 1950s

Jiří Otradovec

* 1933

Member of an Illegal Church, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Anton Otte

Monsignor Anton Otte

* 1939 †︎ 2021

Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, National minorities, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Déclassé and 6 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Danna Ottová, ca. 1932

Danna Ottová

* 1928

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

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

With daughter Eliška, 1978

Miluška Ottová

* 1943

Holocaust, 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

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

František Outrata in his childhood

František Outrata

* 1936

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jan Jakub Outrata, approx. 1968

PhDr. Jan Jakub Outrata

* 1948

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Scientist

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, Palach Week

Last year of gymnasium

Zdenko Ouzký

* 1931

National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The topic of security forces before 1989

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

Eduard Ovčáček / Ostrava 1951

Professor Eduard Ovčáček

* 1933 †︎ 2022

Charter 77 signatory, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 2 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vlastimil Ovčáčík, First Mass procession, Velehrad, 1971

Vlastimil Ovčáčík

* 1929 †︎ 2022

Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jiří Ovísek in 2025

Jiří Ovísek

* 1937

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army

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