18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

18. 4. 1945-10. 5. 1945

Contemporary photo

Josef Jehlík

* 1927 †︎ 2017

Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 3 more anniversaries

Jan Jeník in his university years - around 1950

Professor Jan Jeník

* 1929 †︎ 2022

Victim of forced relocation, Boy Scouts, Scientist

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

Bohumila Jindrová in 1951

Bohumila Jindrová

* 1935

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR and 5 more anniversaries

Marie Jiroušková during the filming

Marie Jiroušková

* 1920 †︎ unknown

Relatives of important personalities, Sanitary worker during the World War 2

18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

Mladana Joklová in1976

Ing. Mladana Joklová

* 1944

Relative of a political prisoner, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Hidden people

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Johanna

* 1931

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Eliane Juklová, around 1975

Eliane Juklová

* 1936 †︎ 2023

National minorities, Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Václav Kabourek 1959 USA, army

Václav Kabourek

* 1937

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Underage political prisoners, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Radio Free Europe

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Ivan Kalina, high school graduation, Pilsen, 1960

Ivan Kalina

* 1942

Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 13.8.1961 - Building of the Berlin Wall and 4 more anniversaries

dobová.JPG (historic)

MUDr. Josef Kalný

* 1933 †︎ 2018

Emigrant, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

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