Witnesses starting with letter A

Petr Andrle, Ostrava 2019

Petr Andrle

* 1942

Journalist, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Jana Andrlíková

Jana Andrlíková

* 1939

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Relatives of important personalities, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1990 - 1991 - Odsun sovětských vojsk z Československa

Bohuslav Andrš in 1941

Bohuslav Andrš

* 1926

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Emigrant, National minorities, Czech minority in the former USSR

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR

Josef Andrýs

Doc. MUDr. Josef Andrýs

* 1920 †︎ 2015

Forced labour during the WW2, Scientist

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities

Viorel Mihail Anghel

* 1953

Romania, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Political prisoner in Romania

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Historic photo

Phi Anhha

* 1960

Vietnam

1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975 - Vietnam War

Maria Anielski Kołpa

Maria Anielski - Kołpa

* 1930

German minority in Poland after 1945, Poland

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 12.1.1945 - 13.2.1945 Vistula–Oder Offensive

Anonymous Vasyl

Vasyl* Anonymous

* 1968

Ukraine

1979 - 1989 - Sovětská invaze do Afghánistánu, The Revolution of Dignity (21.11. 2013 – 22.02. 2014), 2014 - first invasion of Russia into Ukraine, 2022 - full scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine

Juraj Anoškin

Juraj Anoškin

* 1930

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

Ján Antal photographed during the recording of the interview

Ján Antal

* 1950

Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag

Deportations to the Far East, Siberia and North Kazachstan 1939–1941 and 1944–1950, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

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