20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen

20. 12. 1944-25. 4. 1945

Young Václav Harmáček

Václav Harmáček

* 1937

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 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

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Blahoslav Havránek

* 1933 †︎ 2017

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 2 more anniversaries

Jan Herejk in 1948, graduation photo

Ing. Jan Herejk

* 1928

Forced labour during the WW2, Déclassé, Memory of vanished settlements, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, March 1945 - the occupation of Upper Silesia by the Soviet army, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Václav Hora with his grandmother, Nýřany, 1943

Václav Hora

* 1937

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945

20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

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Ing. Zdeněk Hříbal

* 1926

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 6 more anniversaries

Karel Hrubý 2

PhDr. Karel Hrubý

* 1923 †︎ 2021

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Politician, Relative of a political prisoner and 10 more categories

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 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 and 8 more anniversaries

Marie Hučíková.jpg (historic)

Marie Hučíková

* 1924

Forced labour during the WW2

18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen

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, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, 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

Ivan Kalina, high school graduation, Pilsen, 1960

Ivan Kalina

* 1942

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, 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

Georg Kebrle

Georg Kebrle

* 1938

Anti-communist rebel, Emigrant, Boy Scouts, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou and 1 more anniversaries

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