A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee

Nazism

Harry Pollak

Harry Pollak

* 1923 †︎ 2014

Veteran of WW2, western front, Participant in antifascist resistance, A cultural celebrity, Holocaust, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee and 3 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1940 - The Battle of France, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk and 1 more anniversaries

Dimitrij Popjuk 23 years

Dimitrij Popjuk

* 1921 †︎ 2007

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, National minorities and 4 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 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 and 5 more anniversaries

Štefan Popjuk

* 1915 †︎ unknown

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, A communist interrogator, National minorities, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Žofie Popovičová- right, june 1945

Žofie Popovičová

* 1923 †︎ 2019

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Relative of a political prisoner, Soutěž Příběhy 20. století, Veteran of WW2, eastern front and 1 more categories

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Stanislav Zeinert aspirant aviation Cheb

Lieutenant Colonel (ret.) Antonín Potecký

* 1934

French Foreign Legion, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Relatives of important personalities, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1940 - The Battle of France, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain

Josef Prokopec

* 1919 †︎ 2010

Veteran of WW2, western front, Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Israel/Palestine, Royal Air Force and 2 more categories

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, 1948 – Action "DI" (Confidential: Israel)

Like a 7 years boy

Vladimír Rafaj

* 1931

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Farmer

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

Archival photo

René Rechnitz

* 1921

National minorities, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1948 Arab–Israeli War

Reiman Michal

Michal Reiman

* 1930 †︎ 2023

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 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 and 2 more anniversaries

Milan Ressel during the interview in 2013

Milan Ressel

* 1934

Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Relatives of important personalities

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1940 - The Battle of France, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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