Witnesses of local events connected to WWII | Memory of Nations

Ladislav Tomas at the repeater station in Liberec Pavlovice in 1982

Ladislav Tomas

* 1937

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Old Scout Josef Tomášek at the St. Nicholas meeting in 2000

Josef Tomášek

* 1936

Border Guards, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

Jan Tomeček's passport photo, 1968

Jan Tomeček

* 1926

United States of America, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Czech community in the US, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války and 5 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, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 3 more anniversaries

Miroslav Tomek - Technische Nothilfe

Miroslav Tomek

* 1922

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Pavel Tomek as a boy

Ing. Pavel Tomek , CSc.

* 1943

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 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, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

Antonín Tomešek in DS Oblouková, Šternberk, during an interview for the Memory of Nations, 21 July 2025

Antonín Tomešek

* 1943

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

Josef Tomica.JPG (historic)

Ing. Josef Tomica

* 1925 †︎ 2017

Veteran of WW2, western front, Wehrmacht soldier, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

A historical photo of Anna Tomíšková

Anna Tomíšková

* 1933

National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Miroslav Toms, 2018

Miroslav Toms

* 1931

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

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial and 2 more anniversaries

Božena Tomšová, 1950s

Božena Tomšová

* 1936

Internační tábor Svatobořice u Kyjova, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Déclassé, Relatives of important personalities and 4 more categories

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 24. 10. 1942 - poprava 261 československých odbojářů v KT Mauthausen

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