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Milan Dobeš in front of his painting

Milan Dobeš

* 1929 †︎ 2025

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Marie Dobešová, 1940s

Marie Dobešová

* 1934

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, 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, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Jaroslava 1949 - graduation

Jaroslava Dobruská

* 1925 †︎ 2022

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, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s

Eva Dobšíková - 1945

Eva Dobšíková

* 1932 †︎ 2015

National minorities, Israel/Palestine, Hidden people, Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

Sixteen-year-old Leonida before going to the labour camp

Leonida Dobšová

* 1926 †︎ 2018

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

1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Marie Dočkalová

* 1936

Relative of a political prisoner, Soutěž Příběhy 20. století, 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, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, Death marches 1944-1945

Leonid Dohovič in a photograph from the prison file

Leonid Levko Dohovič

* 1935 †︎ 2025

National minorities, Underage political prisoners, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Lumír Dokoupil (en)

professor PhDr., CSc. Lumír Dokoupil

* 1935

Historian, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Scientist, University professor

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Milena Aubrechtová, daughter of Major Franjo Aubrecht, in 1945

Milena Dolanská

* 1927

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Underage political prisoners, Parašutisté vycvičení během druhé světové války ve Velké Británii, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jaromír Dolanský and a cuddly monkey

Jaromír Dolanský

* 1956

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

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral

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