10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR

10. 7. 1946

Evženie Šiková 1940s.jpg (historic)

Evženie Šiková

* 1921

Volhynian Czechs, Holocaust

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR

Marie Sirkovská, née Melniková, after her arrival in Czechoslovakia, 1947, Šumperk

Marie Sirkovská

* 1930

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Volhynian Czechs

Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Marija Siruk

Marija Siruk, roz. Špiková

* 1943

National minorities, Repatriated, Farmer, Ukraine

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, Ukrainian insurgent movement 1930–1950

Škrabánková Marie

Lieutenant (ret.) Marie Škrabánková

* 1925 †︎ 2012

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs, Sanitary worker during the World War 2, The relative of a political prisoner, People helping Jews during WWII

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Jaroslav Sodomek in 2023

Jaroslav Sodomek

* 1937

Volhynian Czechs, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 13. 7. 1943 - Destroying of Český Malín, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Vladimír Šotola

Vladimír Šotola

* 1928 †︎ 2013

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs, Red Army soldier

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 13. 7. 1943 - Destroying of Český Malín

A present-day picture of Vladimír Souček

Vladimír Souček

* 1915

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Red Army soldier, Soldier of the Soviet Army

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

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Josef Srkal

* 1932

National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Czech minority in the former USSR, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Repatriated

22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine and 1 more anniversaries

Stárek Miroslav

Miroslav Stárek

* 1920

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs

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, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR and 1 more anniversaries

Ferdinand Stasek

Colonel (ret.) Ferdinand Stasek

* 1921 †︎ 2013

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs

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, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR

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