Witnesses of local events connected to WWII | Memory of Nations

Vojtěška Gazdíková in 2022

Vojtěška Gazdíková

* 1943 †︎ unknown

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Forced labour during the WW2

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 2 more anniversaries

Jiří Gebert in the graduation photo

Ing. arch. Jiří Gebert

* 1942

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Magdalena Geissler, Karlovy Vary, 2023

Magdalena Geissler

* 1935

Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Germany

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Vladimír Gerlich

Ing. Vladimír Gerlich

* 1940

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Kurt Gernert in the 1950s

Kurt Gernert

* 1930 †︎ 2024

Sudeten Germans, The Sportsmen, National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 2022 - full scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine

Milan Geryk, military exercise in Přerov, 20 May 1961

Ing. RNDr. Milan Geryk , DrSc.

* 1932 †︎ 2022

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 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 1 more anniversaries

Libuše Geryková during recording for the Memory of Nations, 10 September 2022, Olomouc

PhDr. Libuše Geryková

* 1938

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, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 4 more anniversaries

Hana in 1947

Hana Gerzanicová

* 1928 †︎ 2023

A cultural celebrity, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Repatriated and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

Lisa Kumermann (Elisheva Gidron). 1946.

Elisheva Gidron, roz. Kummermann

* 1920

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

Jiřina Gímešová, 18 years old

Mgr. Jiřina Gímešová

* 1932 †︎ 2023

French Foreign Legion, Historian, Communist official, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Victim of forced relocation and 6 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 7 more anniversaries

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