14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague

14. 2. 1945-14. 2. 1945

Lieutenant Božena Kýrová (married Hurajtová), after finishing her pilot training when she became the Third Class courier pilot. 1953

Lieutenant Božena Hurajtová

* 1931

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Relative of a political prisoner, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Stanislav Husa – school leaving portrait, 1947

Stanislav Husa

* 1927 †︎ 2022

French Foreign Legion, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia) and 1 more anniversaries

Clara Istlerová in 1950 during calligraphy

Clara Istlerová

* 1944

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship and 2 more categories

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jitka and her parents, Marie and Edvard, in Prague in 1943

Jitka Jágrová

* 1939

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Déclassé, Politician, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, University professor and 1 more categories

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 3 more anniversaries

Maturant Ladislav Janouch (r.1939)

Ladislav Janouch

* 1920 †︎ 2019

Forced labour during the WW2, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Participant in antifascist resistance, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising and 2 more anniversaries

Vladimír Janoušek a photo of that time

Vladimír Janoušek

* 1924 †︎ 2020

Forced labour during the WW2, Emigrants from Russia, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

1932 - 1933 - Holodomor - Great famine in Ukraine, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising and 1 more anniversaries

Vítězslav Janovský in 1934

Vítězslav Janovský

* 1930

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime

In her youth

Jaromíra Jarošová

* 1934

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

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Pavel Javornický as a young man

RNDr., CSc. Pavel Javornický

* 1932

Representative of the Church, Non-Catholic clerical, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague

Oldřich Jelínek

Oldřich Jelínek

* 1930

Emigrant, Radio Free Europe, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu and 4 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

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