Witnesses starting with letter Č

Rostislav Čech

Rostislav Čech

* 1925 †︎ 2010

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs

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

Svatopluk Čech

Svatopluk Čech

* 1935

Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák

Jiří Čechák while jumping (approx. 192 cm) in Dvůr Králové, 1967

Mgr. Jiří Čechák

* 1938 †︎ 2024

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Czech community in the US, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, The Sportsmen and 2 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 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

Josef Čechák twenty years old or so

Ing. Josef Čechák

* 1930

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Václav Čechlovský

Václav Čechlovský

* 1922

Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Political prisoner in WW2, Forced labour during the WW2 and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

Anna Čechová in her youth

Anna Čechová

* 1933

Farmer

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Hana Čechová

Hana Čechová

* 1954

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jindřiška Čechová, 2021

Jindřiška Čechová

* 1927

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, 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, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 4 more anniversaries

Jiřina Čechová ED

Jiřina Čechová

* 1937

Dissident, Historian, Charter 77 signatory, The underground

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 6 more anniversaries

Jiřina Čechová

Jiřina Čechová

* 1932 †︎ 2014

Boy Scouts, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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