Witnesses starting with letter C

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Tomáš Císařovský

* 1962

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground, Artists

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Pavel Císovský in Ostrava in June 2019

Pavel Cisovský

* 1943

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

„Every minute of training they prepared us for combat at a front, not for some hanging about.“ Jaroslav Citterberg during service to Tiso’s Slovak State.

Jozef Citterberg

* 1921 †︎ 2014

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

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, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

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Sergeant Věra Citterbergová

* 1926 †︎ 2007

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Sanitary worker during the World War 2

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

Iveta Clarke

Iveta Clarke

* 1963

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Czech community in the US, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

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

Josef Cmíral

* 1915 †︎ unknown

French Foreign Legion, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Veteran of WW2, western front

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 6. 6. 1944 - Overlord, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising and 1 more anniversaries

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Matti Cohen

* 1924

National minorities, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1948 Arab–Israeli War

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Božena Cohenová

* 1913

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 8. 3. 1943 - The battle of Sokolovo, 1948 – Action "DI" (Confidential: Israel)

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Vasil Coka

* 1923 †︎ 2015

Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Political prisoner in WW2, Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag

22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 3. - 6. 11. 1943 - Battle of Kiev, 8. 3. 1943 - The battle of Sokolovo, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass and 1 more anniversaries

Bridget Cooper, 2023

Bridget Cooper

* 1956

Prisoner of War/ P.O.W, United Kingdom

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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