Witnesses of local events connected to WWII | Memory of Nations

Five-year-old Marie Daňková, ca. 1939

Marie Daňková

* 1934

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Rudolf Daňo in 2021

Rudolf Daňo

* 1923

The Partisan, Border Guards, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 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

Azriel Dansky before leaving for Israel, Banská Bystrica, February 1949

Azriel (Peter) Dansky

* 1937

Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing and 2 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1944-1945 Hungary at the end of the second world war , 25 December 1944 - 13 February 1945 Siege of Budapest, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jan Darsa

Jan Darsa

* 1931

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jan David in a graduation photo in 1958

Ing. Jan David

* 1940

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

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

The wedding of Miroslav David and Vlastimila Vlčková / 1948

Miroslav David

* 1924 †︎ 2023

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Davídek Josef (en)

Josef Davídek

* 1935

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Wehrmacht soldier and 1 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 1 more anniversaries

Jaroslava Davidová, 2023

Jaroslava Davidová

* 1933

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

11. 12. 1949 – The “Čihošť Miracle”

Ladislav Davidovič, 24 years old

Ladislav Davidovič

* 1936

Underage political prisoners, Victim of forced relocation, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou and 6 more anniversaries

Růžena de Weij in 1965

Růžena de Weij

* 1934

Sudeten Germans, 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

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