Witnesses of local events connected to WWII | Memory of Nations

Helena Dufková during the filming for Memory of Nations, Zlín, 2022

Helena Dufková

* 1936

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

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, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Pavel Dukát, 1953

Pavel Dukát

* 1934

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

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 4 more anniversaries

Jiřina Dupalová

Jiřina Dupalová

* 1924

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

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich

Libuše Durdová, beginning of 1960s

Libuše Durdová

* 1928

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

2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, September 1939- occupation of the entire Upper Silesia by Germany, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 1 more anniversaries

Stanislav Ďureje in the early 1990s

MUDr. Stanislav Ďureje

* 1941

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Anna Ďurišová as a young girl

Anna Ďurišová

* 1938

Holocaust, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, People helping Jews during WWII, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 3 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 3 more anniversaries

Fedor Durkot

* 1921

Member of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps (General Svoboda's army), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W, Veteran of WW2, former Yugoslavia, Veteran of WW2, eastern front and 1 more categories

2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 6. 4. - 17. 4. 1941 Dubnová válka (Německý útok na Jugoslávii) , 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Marta Dušánková

Marta Dušánková

* 1924

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

With sister in 1943

RNDr. František Dusbábek , DrSc.

* 1937

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

After being drafted in Prague, September 1954

František Dusil

* 1934

Victim of forced relocation, Relatives of important personalities, Sokol, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

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