1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

1. 9. 1939-1. 9. 1939

Václav Lachout

Václav Lachout

* 1927

Participant in antifascist resistance, Boy Scouts, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

Libuše Lacinová

Libuše Lacinová

* 1921 †︎ 2018

Journalist, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, A cultural celebrity

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Anna Lakomá in her youth

Anna Lakomá

* 1932

Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 3 more anniversaries

Hana Lancikova, 1968

Hana Lančíková

* 1938

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

A photo from a passport Edith had when she left the Protectorate

Edith Landesmann

* 1926

People helping Jews during WWII, Israel/Palestine, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1948 Arab–Israeli War

Edeltrude Landová

* 1913 †︎ 2010

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Sanitary worker during the World War 2

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

Marianna, 19 years old, Prague, photo studio

Marianna Langerová

* 1920

Veteran of WW2, western front, Emigrant, National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Holocaust and 5 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

dobový portrét výřez.jpg (historic)

Karel Lánský

* 1924 †︎ 2019

Communist official, People helping Jews during WWII, Journalist, Forced labour during the WW2, Participant in antifascist resistance and 3 more categories

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 22. 8. 1968 – Extraordinary congress (the “Vysočany Congress”) of KSČ, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 5 more anniversaries

Vincent Laš in the 6th Slavonian troop in 1945, Yugoslavia

Vincent Laš

* 1927 †︎ 2018

Czech minority in the former Yugoslavia, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, National minorities, The Partisan

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

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Ladislav Laubr

* 1920 †︎ 2016

Forced labour during the WW2, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Political prisoner in WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

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