Witnesses of local events connected to WWII | Memory of Nations

Josefa Povolná at the age of 18 in 1942

Josefa Povolná

* 1924

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Malý Jindřich Prach with his mother

Jindřich Prach

* 1933 †︎ 2023

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Emil Přádný getting off after his last flight, 30 June 1997

Ing. Emil Přádný

* 1937

Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, 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, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jaroslav Prášil at the distaff and spinning wheel, 1980s

Prof. Jaroslav Prášil

* 1946

National minorities, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, University professor and 2 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Ríchard Praus

Corporal Richard Praus

* 1933 †︎ 2022

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Miroslav Pravda

PhDr. Miroslav Pravda

* 1928

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, University professor

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 17.4.-19.11. 1958 - EXPO 58 and 2 more anniversaries

Marie Pražáková with the teddy bear she could take from her family home

Marie Pražáková

* 1939

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Emil Pražan at the time when he lived in Žalhostice. 1934

Ing. Emil Pražan

* 1928 †︎ 2023

Forced labour during the WW2, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 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

Dominik Praženica

* 1924

The Partisan, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Slovak army soldier during 1939 - 1945

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising

Vladimír Prchal, historical photograph

Vladimír Prchal

* 1922

Forced labour during the WW2, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in WW2, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

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