29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat

29. 9. 1938-30. 9. 1938

Elfriede Weismann in Kaplice, 1930s

Elfriede Weismann

* 1935

Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Edith Weitzenová (roz. Nettlová)

Edith Weitzenová (roz. Nettlová)

* 1924 †︎ 2011

Veteran of WW2, western front, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, National minorities, Holocaust and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 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, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain and 2 more anniversaries

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Gudrun Wilcke -Pausewang

* 1928

A cultural celebrity, Sudeten Germans

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Helen Waldstein in 1940

Helen Wilkes

* 1936

Holocaust, Writer, A cultural celebrity

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat

Felix Winkler after the war

Ing. Felix Winkler

* 1926

Israel/Palestine, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Theresienstadt Ghetto

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1948 Arab–Israeli War

Portrait, taken from a family photo, at home in the garden, cca 1960

Barbara Winton

* 1953 †︎ 2022

A cultural celebrity, Holocaust, Winton’s Children, People helping Jews during WWII, Relatives of important personalities and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Sir Nicholas Winton in Prague, 2007

Sir Nicholas Winton MBE

* 1909 †︎ 2015

United Kingdom, Holocaust, Winton’s Children, People helping Jews during WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR

Nicholas Winton, Jr., Prague 2022

Nicholas Winton, Jr.

* 1952

People helping Jews during WWII, Relatives of important personalities, Winton’s Children, United Kingdom

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR

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Ing. František Wretzl

* 1919 †︎ 2013

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Political prisoner in WW2, Boy Scouts, Legio Angelica (scouts)

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák

Henryk Wrona during the interview in May 2021

Colonel Henryk Wrona

* 1945

Poland, People's Army of Poland soldier, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, Výjimečný stav v Polsku

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