The liberation of the city of Ostrava

30. 4. 1945

Sonja Pešatová-Vacková

* 1932 †︎ 2021

Art and censorship

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, The liberation of the city of Ostrava

Dukla_Pass_battle_monument.jpg (historic)

Ing., Colonel Václav Petras

* 1927 †︎ 2020

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs, Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, The liberation of the city of Ostrava

Ludgarda Plačková, 1937

Ludgarda Plačková

* 1929

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

Jarmila Potomáková in 2020

Jarmila Potomáková

* 1933

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Pukowiec Josef

Josef Pukowiec

* 1929

Forced labour during the WW2, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Memory of vanished settlements

13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, July 7, 1961 - fire in the mine Dukla

Karel Pyško / Orlová / 1950

Ing. Karel Pyško

* 1932

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Portrét současný 1

MUDr. Jaroslav Rozsypal (Čmel)

* 1926 †︎ 2019

Participant in antifascist resistance, Boy Scouts, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, The liberation of the city of Ostrava

Vlasta Ručková, 1951

Vlasta Ručková

* 1932

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Young Šárka Růžková

Šárka Růžková

* 1926

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Alena Ševčíková, graduating from secondary school, 1953

Alena Ševčíková

* 1935

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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