14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death

14. 3. 1953

Bronislava Nedvědová, 1968 Kadaň

Bronislava Nedvědová

* 1950

Politician, Industrial settler in border region in 60', Life along the Iron Curtain

14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 4 more anniversaries

Richard Novák during the interview in 2012

Mgr. Richard Novák

* 1930

Representative of the Church, National minorities, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Non-Catholic clerical and 2 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin

Josef Obr

Major (ret.) Josef Obr

* 1923

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Forced labour during the WW2

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death and 1 more anniversaries

Věra Obručová during recording for Memory of Nations, 4 September 2022, Vizovice

JUDr. Věra Obručová

* 1935

Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 4 more anniversaries

Jana Pikousová, née Matoulková; secondary medical school graduation photo

Jana Pikousová roz. Matoulková

* 1945

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Radio Free Europe, Soutěž Příběhy 20. století, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Podpěra Dobromil

Ing. Dobromil Podpěra

* 1932 †︎ 2017

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Relative of a political prisoner, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 5 more anniversaries

Oldřich Rosůlek in 1960s

Oldřich Rosůlek

* 1941

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Border Guards, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu and 1 more categories

18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death and 4 more anniversaries

Countess Marie Alžběta Salmová, 1937

Marie Alžběta Salmová

* 1931 †︎ 2022

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, People helping Jews during WWII, Déclassé and 4 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin and 3 more anniversaries

Vojtěch Sasín, a soldier, 1951

Vojtěch Sasín

* 1929

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Member of Orel

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death and 2 more anniversaries

Vladimír Sekanina

* 1927

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, Studentské pochody na Pražský hrad

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