Witnesses of local events connected to WWII | Memory of Nations

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Marie Cigánová

* 1936

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR

Jan Čihák in his gallery, early 1990s

Jan Čihák

* 1940 †︎ 2021

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

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

Růžena Čiháková as a single woman in the 1950s

Růžena Čiháková

* 1930 †︎ 2022

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

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

Eugenie Číhalová in 2018

Eugenie Číhalová

* 1944

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

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 7. 11. 1917 - October Revolution in Russia, 1945 - Arrests of Russian émigrés by the agents of SMERSH

Eva Číhalová (en)

Mgr. Eva Číhalová

* 1938

Boy Scouts, 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, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

Libuše Čihařová, then still Řídká, at work, 1953

Libuše Čihařová

* 1930

Déclassé, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 3 more anniversaries

Josef Cihelka at the time of training to become a businessman

Josef Cihelka

* 1927 †︎ 2020

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Josef Cihelník, a portrait

Josef Cihelník

* 1933 †︎ 2022

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Jaroslav Cihlář - photograph from war war II period

PhDr. Jaroslav Cihlář

* 1924 †︎ 2014

Sokol, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

Bohumila Cihlářová

Bohumila Cihlářová

* 1940

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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