8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

8. 5. 1945

Karel Stoll during graduation ceremony, 1957

Ing., CSc First Lieutenant Karel Stoll

* 1933

Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Boy Scouts, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 1 more anniversaries

Olga Šťovíčková in 1963

Olga Šťovíčková

* 1925 †︎ 2024

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

Blažena Strachotová in Slavičín in 1927

Blažena Strachotová

* 1917

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat and 1 more anniversaries

František Straka (2015)

František Straka

* 1950

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jiřina Straková in Zlín in 1952

Jiřina Straková

* 1932 †︎ 2022

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Bedridden Libuše Vinařová around 1950

Libuše Straková

* 1930

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 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

Photos for the portal

Miluše Straková

* 1933

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

12 - a young Jana Strakova

Januše Straková, roz. Štefanová

* 1936

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague

Sister Bonifácie in 2014

Anežka Stránská

* 1925

Friars, Relative of a political prisoner, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, People helping Jews during WWII, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 1 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns

Hedvika Stránská (en)

Hedvika Stránská

* 1933

Sokol

july 1938 - X. sokol slet's, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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