8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

8. 5. 1945

Emilie Novoměstská

* 1926

Relatives of important personalities, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 3 more anniversaries

Anna Novotná at the time of recording with Memory of Nation, Zlín, 27 June 2022

Anna Novotná

* 1924

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

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 1 more anniversaries

Eva Novotná, at that time Machová

Mgr. Eva Novotná

* 1933

Holocaust, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Eva Novotná in the 1970s

Ing. Eva Novotná

* 1937

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

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Ludmila Novotná, 1953

Ludmila Novotná

* 1935

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

František Novotný in the Memory of Nations studio in 2022

František Novotný

* 1939

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

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 1 more anniversaries

Jaroslav Novotný

* 1926

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Historian

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jindřich Novotný during the interview in July 2023

Jindřich Novotný

* 1940

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Oldřich Novotný, first half of the 1960s

Oldřich Novotný

* 1938

The relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 5 more anniversaries

Vladimír Novotný in childhood

Vladimír Novotný

* 1933

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Scientist

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 4. 1968 – Formation of KAN (Club of Active Non-partisans), 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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