8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

8. 5. 1945

Alexander Burger

Second Lieutenant (ret.) Alexander Burger

* 1922

Veteran of WW2, western front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945

1940 - The Battle of France, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 6. 6. 1944 - Overlord, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jiří Buřič

* 1952

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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

Marie Burkotová as a bride

Marie Burkotová

* 1923

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Nina Burláková in the end of 1970s

Nina Burláková

* 1938

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Augustin Buš (en)

MVDr. Augustin Buš

* 1938

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Scientist, University professor

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

contemporary photo of Anna Butová

Anna Butová

* 1928 †︎ 2020

Czech minority in the former USSR, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Hidden people and 2 more categories

1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 1943 - Conflict between Poles and Ukrainians in Eastern Galicia and Volhynia, 13. 7. 1943 - Destroying of Český Malín, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Witness in 1952

Vlasta Bůtová

* 1933

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Ivo Čagánek in 1950s

Ivo Čagánek

* 1937

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

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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Sofie Cakirpaloglu. The portrait shows her in her early twenties.

Sofie Cakirpaloglu

* 1939 †︎ 1939

Emigrant, National minorities, The Partisan, Greek minority in former Czechoslovakia, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1949 Greek civil war, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Milan Čapek - dobová.jpg (historic)

Milan Čapek

* 1935

Border Guards, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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