5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising | Memory of Nations

Marie Čálková, 1940s

Marie Čálková

* 1927

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Relative of a political prisoner

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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Zdeněk Adamec

* 1934 †︎ 2017

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 5 more anniversaries

Miroslav Adámek

Miroslav Adámek

* 1939

The Sportsmen

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jiří Altmann during his studies at AVU, 1960s

academic painter Jiří Altmann

* 1942 †︎ 2023

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

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 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

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Josef Bachura

* 1926 †︎ 2019

Member of Revolutionary Guard Corps, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Witness, 1939

Eva Balíková

* 1925 †︎ 2021

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, Death marches 1944-1945, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps and 8 more anniversaries

Witness in Scottish kilt during his studies in the UK, Edinburgh, Christmas 1946

JUDr. Zdenek Bárta

* 1927

University professor, Déclassé, Relatives of important personalities, Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden

Doris Bartoníčková in 1941

Mgr. Doris Bartoníčková

* 1937

Holocaust, People helping Jews during WWII, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Hidden people, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 24. 11. 1941 - The first transport to the Theresienstadt, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps and 4 more anniversaries

Květuše Thekla Bartoníčková

Květuše Thekla Bartoníčková

* 1935

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Déclassé

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

Rudolf Baumruk

* 1927

Forced labour during the WW2, 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, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

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