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Jan Uhlíř in 2025

Ing. Jan Uhlíř

* 1944

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 22. 8. 1968 – Extraordinary congress (the “Vysočany Congress”) of KSČ

Jiří Uhlíř during recording in 2021

PhDr. Jiří Uhlíř

* 1937

Writer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, A cultural celebrity

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Eva Uhlířová, 1960s

Eva Uhlířová

* 1924 †︎ 2024

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Ludmila Uhlířová (Stárková)

Ludmila Uhlířová

* 1922 †︎ unknown

Czech minority in the former USSR, People helping Jews during WWII, National minorities, The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945 and 3 more categories

Ukrainian insurgent movement 1930–1950, 1932 - 1933 - Holodomor - Great famine in Ukraine, 23.8.1939 - Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps and 7 more anniversaries

Zdeňka Uhříčková in 2022

Zdeňka Uhříčková

* 1929 †︎ 2025

Forced labour during the WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, Participant in antifascist resistance, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

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, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 2 more anniversaries

Zdenka Uhříková, Hošťálková 2023

Zdenka Uhříková

* 1933

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Věra Uhrovičová

* 1922

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 2 more anniversaries

Witness Ladislav Uko as a soldier of basic military service

Ladislav Uko

* 1938

Forced labour during the WW2, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Farmer

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Witness during the studies at high school

Prof. Ing., CSc. Jaromír Ulbrecht

* 1928

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Vlastimil Úlehla in Scout uniform (Hulín, 1947)

Vlastimil Úlehla

* 1925 †︎ 2024

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

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