Witnesses of local events connected to WWII | Memory of Nations

Contemporary portrait of Jan Gomola wearing the Wehrmacht uniform

Jan Gomola

* 1916 †︎ 2021

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Wehrmacht soldier, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Vilma Görner in 2020

Vilma Görnerová

* 1931

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising

Blanka Göthová, 1960s

Blanka Göthová

* 1945

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

portrét

Ludmila Grafnetrová

* 1933

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Eva Gránová, 1953

Ing. Eva Gránová

* 1932

Holocaust, People helping Jews during WWII, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Hidden people

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

Graduation photography

Mons. Jan Graubner

* 1948

Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 1 more anniversaries

Jindřiška Grecová at the celebration of her 100th birthday

Ing. Jindřiška Josefa Grecová

* 1923 †︎ 2025

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Sanitary worker during the World War 2

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 1 more anniversaries

Oldřich Gregar

* 1939

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Bedřich Gregorini, graduation photo, 1958

Bedřich Gregorini

* 1939

Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, Ústecký masakr (31. 7. 1945), 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 1 more anniversaries

As the director of the Děčín Engineering Works

Miroslav Grégr

* 1929

Holocaust, National minorities, Forced labour during the WW2, Déclassé, Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR) and 5 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 11. 1940 - The Patria disaster, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign and 7 more anniversaries

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