23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

23. 2. 1949

Antonín Ondroušek, probably in the sixties

Antonín Ondroušek

* 1922

Official in JZD, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, Fights with Bandera's forces

Metoděj Ondruch wearing army uniform. 1967

Metoděj Ondruch

* 1945

Communist official, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Zdeněk Ondruš in 1944

Zdeněk Ondruš

* 1921 †︎ 2014

Official in JZD

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Libuše Opočenská in 1944

Libuše Opočenská

* 1927 †︎ 2018

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

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Bedřich Opočenský

Bedřich Opočenský

* 1924 †︎ 2016

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, People helping Jews during WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass and 6 more anniversaries

Rostislav Osička

* 1956

The Sportsmen, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

A photo from the graduation photo desk

PhDr. Zdeňka Ostmeyerová

* 1943

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Viliam Otiepka in 1950

Viliam Otiepka

* 1935

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Eva Pacovská, Praha, cca 1949, historical photography

Ing. Eva Pacovská

* 1935

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

František Pakandl

František Pakandl

* 1943

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

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