17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland

17. 9. 1939

Cutout from a poor quality photograph from the childhood of Marie Kadeřábková, Volyně, second half of the 1930s.

Marie Kadeřábková

* 1933 †︎ unknown

Czech minority in the former USSR, National minorities, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Volhynian Czechs

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR

Rajisa Kamlerová with her cousin, last day in Volhynia before leaving for Czechoslovakia, 1947

Rajisa Kamlerová

* 1937

The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Relative of a political prisoner, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 13. 7. 1943 - Destroying of Český Malín, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Władysław Karol

Władysław Karol

* 1926

Poles living in Kresy (Poland´s Eastern Borderlands), People's Army of Poland soldier, Poles in the USSR 1945 - 1956, Poland

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 20. 6. - 29. 8. 1944 - Operation Bagration, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland

Antonie Šimková (Kašparová)

Antonie Kašparová

* 1935

National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, People helping Jews during WWII, Czech minority in the former USSR, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR and 6 more anniversaries

Josef Kaufman

Josef Kaufman

* 1926 †︎ 2022

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs and 2 more categories

17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 1943 - Conflict between Poles and Ukrainians in Eastern Galicia and Volhynia, 13. 7. 1943 - Destroying of Český Malín, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass and 2 more anniversaries

Františka Hofmanová before she got married.

Františka Klasonová, roz. Hofmanová

* 1929

Czech minority in the former USSR, National minorities, Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Volhynian Czechs and 1 more categories

Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 1943 - Conflict between Poles and Ukrainians in Eastern Galicia and Volhynia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

klejsmidova dobovy.jpg (historic)

Ludmila Klejšmídová

* 1928

National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945 and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939 and 2 more anniversaries

Józefa Klijewska

Józefa Klijewska

* 1930

Victim of forced relocation, Poles living in Kresy (Poland´s Eastern Borderlands), Poland

17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1945 - 1946 Resettlement of Poles in the "Regained lands"

Václav Kocek, 23.10.2013

Lieutenant (ret.) Václav Kocek

* 1924 †︎ 2014

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Czech minority in the former USSR and 3 more categories

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 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, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 4 more anniversaries

Emile Konečná

Emilie Konečná

* 1933 †︎ 2018

Czech minority in the former USSR, People helping Jews during WWII, National minorities, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR and 2 more anniversaries

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