1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

1. 9. 1939-1. 9. 1939

Bernard Menachovský

* 1910 †︎ 2004

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Red Army soldier

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 8. 3. 1943 - The battle of Sokolovo, 3. - 6. 11. 1943 - Battle of Kiev

Augustin Merta in 1944

Lieutenant Colonel (ret.) Augustin Merta

* 1914 †︎ 2006

Veteran of WW2, western front, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Sokol

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

Helena Mertensová / April 2016

Helena Mertensová

* 1934

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Olga Michalová in 1950

Olga Michalová

* 1930

Czech minority in the former USSR, The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Repatriated, Relative of a political prisoner and 6 more categories

Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, 1939 - 1941 - The first Soviet occupation of Galicia, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR

Witness Ľubomír Miklo during EyeDirect recoding

Ľubomír Miklo

* 1948

Communist official, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, The Partisan, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 3 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 24. 2. 1949 – Formation of the Czechoslovak Union of Youth and 6 more anniversaries

Stanislav Mikula

Colonel Stanislav Mikula

* 1918 †︎ 2006

Veteran of WW2, western front, Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Emigrant, Royal Air Force, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign

Jiřina Mikulecká as an umarried woman in the 1940s

Jiřina Mikulecká

* 1930

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Gertruda Milerská (on the right) with her older sister Hanne in the late 1930s

Gertruda Milerská

* 1933

Holocaust, Political prisoner in WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

September 1939- occupation of the entire Upper Silesia by Germany, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Antonie Militká

Antonie Militká

* 1928

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 1 more anniversaries

Milan Milner

* 1926 †︎ unknown

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, The Partisan, Sokol, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války and 1 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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