Volhynian Czechs

National Minorities

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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

Drahomír Petříček in the 50s

Drahomír Petříček

* 1931 †︎ 2019

Volhynian Czechs

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 13. 7. 1943 - Destroying of Český Malín, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

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First Lieutenant Václav Pirožek

* 1924 †︎ 2020

Holocaust, National minorities, Hidden people, Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass

Václav Pišl after the military service at the beginning of 1970s

Václav Pišl

* 1948

Ukraine, Czech minority in the former USSR, National minorities, Repatriated, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945 and 1 more categories

1932 - 1933 - Holodomor - Great famine in Ukraine, 8 January 1941 - 27 January 1944 Siege of Leningrad, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, Ukraine in 1986–1991 and 2 more anniversaries

Private Václav Plos

* 1923

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Jindřich Pochožaj, historical photography

Jindřich Pochožaj

* 1933

Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Volhynian Czechs

17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 13. 7. 1943 - Destroying of Český Malín, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR and 2 more anniversaries

Josef Pojman

* 1922

People helping Jews during WWII, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs

17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Pokrupa Jaroslav

Jaroslav Pokrupa

* 1926 †︎ 2012

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs

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

Vladimír Polák 1

Vladimír Polák

* 1937

Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Volhynian Czechs

1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR

Václav Polívka in his youth

Václav Polívka

* 1934 †︎ 2023

Volhynian Czechs, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, National minorities, Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939

17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR and 1 more anniversaries

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