Witnesses starting with letter C

Jarmila Chovancová, 1950s

Jarmila Chovancová

* 1928

Member of Orel, Forced labour during the WW2, Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945) and 3 more categories

September 1939- occupation of the entire Upper Silesia by Germany, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories and 3 more anniversaries

František Chrástek at the time of his FAMU studies, a self-portrait, 1978

František Chrástek

* 1953

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, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jaromír Chrástek in 1949, graduation photo

Jaromír Chrástek

* 1929

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

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

Doctoral graduation, 1985

Jiřina Chrastilová

* 1949

Dissident, Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 1 more anniversaries

Josef Chrástka in 1959 when first on duty as an engine driver, Volary

Josef Chrástka

* 1940

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

23. 3. 1945 Bombing of České Budějovice, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Helena Chrástková at the end of the 1950s

Helena Chrástková

* 1939

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

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

Jozef Chrena at The March of Freedom

Jozef Chrena

* 1948

A cultural celebrity, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Květoslava Chřibková, school-leaving photo, 1956

Květoslava Chřibková

* 1938

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

September 1939- occupation of the entire Upper Silesia by Germany, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 4 more anniversaries

Erhard Chrobák / around year 1948

Erhard Chrobák

* 1928 †︎ 2024

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W, Wehrmacht soldier

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Witness at the age of 2, 1937

Božena Chrobáková

* 1935

People helping Jews during WWII, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 6. 1945 – Withdrawal from the Carpatho-Russia in favour of the USSR

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