Witnesses starting with letter J

Bořivoj Janhuba-1946

Bořivoj Janhuba

* 1925 †︎ 2016

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, The Partisan

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Radomír Janhuba in the 1980s

Ing. Radomír Janhuba

* 1954

Member of an Illegal Church, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, 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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jiří Janičata in 1960 in Ostrava

Jiří Janičata

* 1946

Memory of vanished settlements, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witness of local events from the Communist era

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Josef Janíček

* 1947

A cultural celebrity, The underground, Art and censorship, The Plastic People of the Universe

1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial

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Ing. Olga Janíčková

* 1935

Forced labour during the WW2, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Miroslav Janík at age 35

Mgr. Miroslav Janík

* 1948

Environmentalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Zdeněk Janík

Zdeněk Janík

* 1923 †︎ 2023

Boy Scouts, Writer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Vladimír Janík - photo from his functionary card

Vladimír Janík (Dan)

* 1927 †︎ 2012

Boy Scouts

Elfriede Janíková in 2019

Elfriede Janíková

* 1928

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

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jindřiška Janíková

Jindřiška Janíková

* 1922 †︎ 2020

Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

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