Witnesses of local events connected to WWII | Memory of Nations

Mikuláš Ganišin

Sergeant (ret.) Mikuláš Ganišin

* 1922 †︎ 2020

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Hungarian army soldier during 2WW, Red Army soldier and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Josef Gara around 1950

Josef Gara

* 1934 †︎ 2017

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Underage political prisoners, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 4 more anniversaries

Marie Garajová with her husband on their wedding day, 1959

Marie Garajová

* 1931

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering and 3 more anniversaries

Witness in 1958

Aloisie Gardavská

* 1940

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, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Irma Garlíková, graduation, 1953

Irma Garlíková

* 1934

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Participant in antifascist resistance, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, 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, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Father and mother of Eva Gärtnerová - Oto and Erika Singer in Ústí nad Labem. The film dates from the mid-1930s

Eva Gärtnerová

* 1937

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

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

Shaul, Cerkvenica, 1946

Šaul Gattenyo

* 1940

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Emigrant, National minorities, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine and 4 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 22.02.1943 Deportation of Jews from Macedonia and Thracia, 9.03.1943 Saving the Bulgarian Jews from deportation, 1948 - 1955 - Tito - Stalin split

Ladislav Gavlas in 1958

Ing. Ladislav Gavlas

* 1938

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

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, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Witness at the military service in 1962

Dr. Ing. Stanislav Gawlik

* 1941

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

2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, Výjimečný stav v Polsku

Historical photography

Zuzana Gazdaricová rod. Šavrtková

* 1932

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

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