Witnesses of local events connected to WWII | Memory of Nations

Věra Chromcová

Věra Chromcová

* 1936

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Miroslav Chromý in his childhood, the first half of the 1930s

Miroslav Chromý

* 1922 †︎ 2024

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

july 1938 - X. sokol slet's, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Vintage photograph of Josef Chroust

Josef Chroust

* 1935

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat

Věra Chudobová at the age of one (1936)

Věra Chudobová

* 1935

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

Michal Chumchal around 1945

Michal Chumchal

* 1941

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, 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 and 1 more anniversaries

Jana Chvojková

* 1937

Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Alena Chyská in 1952

MUDr. Alena Chyská

* 1932 †︎ 2024

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk

Cigánek, portrait

František Cigánek

* 1930 †︎ 2017

Member of Orel, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 4. 1968 – Formation of KAN (Club of Active Non-partisans)

Marie Sergijivna Cigankova

Maria Sergijivna Cigankova, roz. Zbirun

* 1924

Participant in antifascist resistance, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Farmer and 1 more categories

22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine and 2 more anniversaries

Cigánová_01.jpg (historic)

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

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