Slovak army soldier during 1939 - 1945

Veterans

Colonel Urban Ocilka

* 1919 †︎ 2008

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Slovak army soldier during 1939 - 1945, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 3. - 6. 11. 1943 - Battle of Kiev

Second Lieutenant Jan Pavúk

* unknown

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, The Partisan, Slovak army soldier during 1939 - 1945

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Dominik Praženica

* 1924

The Partisan, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Slovak army soldier during 1939 - 1945

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising

Jan Prokop

Jan Prokop

* 1923

The Partisan, Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W, Veteran of WW2, eastern front and 2 more categories

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising and 2 more anniversaries

In Trnava crew, 1943

František Ralbovský

* 1920

Participant in antifascist resistance, Political prisoner in WW2, The Partisan, Slovak army soldier during 1939 - 1945, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Ludvík Rapan

Sergeant Ludvík Rapan

* 1923

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Slovak army soldier during 1939 - 1945, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W

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

Colonel (ret.) Jan Setvák

* 1915 †︎ 2012

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Slovak army soldier during 1939 - 1945

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

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Captain (ret.) Bohuslav Směšný

* 1921 †︎ 2016

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, The Partisan, Slovak army soldier during 1939 - 1945

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Karol Stekly before departure to the frontline, 1943

Karol Steklý

* 1921

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Slovak army soldier during 1939 - 1945

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Juraj Strauss, 1945

Major in retiment, Doc., MUDr. Juraj Strauss

* 1917 †︎ 2017

Veteran of WW2, western front, Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Participant in antifascist resistance, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Sanitary worker during the World War 2 and 1 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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