8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

8. 5. 1945

Jiří Svoboda, 2014

Jiří Svoboda

* 1936

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

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

Josef Svoboda

Josef Svoboda

* 1923

Participant in antifascist resistance, Political prisoner in WW2

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Eighteen-year-old Josef Svoboda in the army

Josef Svoboda

* 1926

Member of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps (General Svoboda's army), Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Farmer

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, Fights with Bandera's forces

Josef Svoboda several months before his arrest / 1949

Josef Svoboda

* 1929 †︎ 2022

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 2 more anniversaries

Ing. Václav Svoboda

* 1929 †︎ 2019

Déclassé, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Vlastimil Svoboda (first from right) with his uncle and cousin in his native town of Zelów. 1993

Vlastimil Svoboda

* 1938 †︎ unknown

The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Border Guards, Repatriated, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945 and 2 more categories

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

Zdeňka Svobodová in 1941

Zdeňka Svobodová

* 1926

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR and 2 more anniversaries

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Mgr. Naděžda Svobodová, roz. Pospíšilová

* 1937

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

Sixteen Ernestina Patoprstá

Ernestina Švorcová

* 1934

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, People helping Jews during WWII, The Partisan, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Milena Svorová in 2022 during filming for Memory of Nations

Mgr. Milena Svorová

* 1926

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Forced labour during the WW2, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, The relative of a political prisoner

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

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