Prisoner of War/ P.O.W

Nazism

Vlasta and Luis in May 1945

Vlasta Lavalová

* 1924 †︎ 2021

Forced labour during the WW2, Déclassé, Relatives of important personalities, Sokol, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W

july 1938 - X. sokol slet's, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

Jiří Lysuk

* 1921 †︎ 2008

Czech minority in the former USSR, National minorities, Member of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps (General Svoboda's army), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu and 3 more categories

Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, Ukrainian insurgent movement 1930–1950, 23.8.1939 - Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland and 5 more anniversaries

02.JPG (historic)

Aldo Mantovani

* 1922

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W, Illegal border crossing, Italy

3.9.1942 - 2.2.1943 Battle of Stalingrad

Tankers of the 1st Czechoslovak Independent Armored Brigade - illustration photo, valka.cz

Jan Martínek

* 1921

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W, Veteran of WW2, western front, Wehrmacht soldier

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 6. 6. 1944 - Overlord and 1 more anniversaries

František Matějovský

* 1925 †︎ unknown

Victim of Stalinist persecution in Ukraine, Czech minority in the former USSR, Holocaust, National minorities, Forced labour during the WW2 and 9 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Helmut Meewes as a boy in Berlin

Helmut Meewes

* 1929

Germany, Illegal border crossing, Underage political prisoners, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954) and 3 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, Death marches 1944-1945

Jan Meixner during the filming on 6 August 2020 in Staré Hobzí

Jan Meixner

* 1925 †︎ 2022

Sudeten Germans, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W, Wehrmacht soldier, Germany

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Julie Michálková

Julie Michálková

* 1933

Bata school Graduate, Forced labour during the WW2, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 3 more categories

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

Karol Mudrák

* 1924 †︎ unknown

Forced labour during the WW2, The Partisan, Slovak army soldier during 1939 - 1945, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

navrat - unirmora.jpg (historic)

Pavel Návrat

* 1921 †︎ 2010

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Forced labour during the WW2, Wehrmacht soldier, Sanitary worker during the World War 2 and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR

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