1. – 2. 1. 1944 - Battle of Biela Cerkov

1. 1. 1944-2. 1. 1944

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Vlastislav Raichl

* 1920 †︎ 2007

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 3. 1943 - The battle of Sokolovo, 1. – 2. 1. 1944 - Battle of Biela Cerkov, 3. - 6. 11. 1943 - Battle of Kiev

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Colonel Bedřich Seliger

* 1920 †︎ 2012

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, National minorities, Holocaust

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 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, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps and 3 more anniversaries

Demeter Senický, Levoča 1945

Demeter Senický

* 1917 †︎ 2016

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Volhynian Czechs, Red Army soldier

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, 8. 3. 1943 - The battle of Sokolovo, 1. – 2. 1. 1944 - Battle of Biela Cerkov and 2 more anniversaries

Antonín Slavík

Sergeant Antonín Slavík

* 1921

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, Political prisoner in WW2, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 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, 1. – 2. 1. 1944 - Battle of Biela Cerkov and 1 more anniversaries

Miroslav Šmoldas

colonel general Miroslav Šmoldas

* 1917 †︎ 2003

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 8. 3. 1943 - The battle of Sokolovo, 1. – 2. 1. 1944 - Battle of Biela Cerkov, 3. - 6. 11. 1943 - Battle of Kiev

Vasil Sofilkanič

Vasil Sofilkanič

* 1921 †︎ 2012

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, Political prisoner in WW2, A warder in a communist prison, National minorities and 1 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass and 6 more anniversaries

Vasil Špir on a contemporary photograph from the time of the Second World War

Vasil Špir

* 1922

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 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 and 4 more anniversaries

Věra Tichá

Věra Tichá

* 1922 †︎ 2012

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Sanitary worker during the World War 2, Relative of a political prisoner, Czech minority in the former USSR

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 1. – 2. 1. 1944 - Battle of Biela Cerkov, 3. - 6. 11. 1943 - Battle of Kiev

Michal Tilňák

Michal Tilňák

* 1920

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, National minorities, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 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, 1. – 2. 1. 1944 - Battle of Biela Cerkov and 3 more anniversaries

Vasil Timkovič shortly after the war

Vasil Timkovič

* 1923 †︎ 2023

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Member of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps (General Svoboda's army), Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1. – 2. 1. 1944 - Battle of Biela Cerkov, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 6. 1945 – Withdrawal from the Carpatho-Russia in favour of the USSR

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