Witnesses starting with letter T

Hana Truncová in 1970s

Hana Truncová

* 1924 †︎ 2022

People helping Jews during WWII, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Anti-communist rebel, Life along the Iron Curtain

9. - 10. 11. 1938 Crystal Night, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, Death marches 1944-1945, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 4 more anniversaries

Milan Trunkát as a seventeen-year-old

Major (ret.) Milan Trunkát

* 1925 †︎ 2014

Veteran of WW2, western front, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, Royal Air Force, Boy Scouts and 3 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Irena Truplová in her youth

Irena Truplová

* 1943

Volhynian Czechs

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR

Vladimír Trvalec in 2020

Vladimír Trvalec

* 1952

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Radio Free Europe

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 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

Photo from his graduation exam

Nikolaos Tsametis

* 1942

Greece, Emigrant, National minorities, Greek minority in former Czechoslovakia

1944 - 1949 Greek civil war, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

The Spitsbergen expedition in 1968, a witness on one of the peaks

Gerhard Tschunko

* 1935

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Illegal border crossing, Writer

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

Tenzin Tsundue in Post Bellum studio, Prague 2022

Tenzin Tsundue བསྟན་འཛིན་ཚུང་དུས

* 1973

Political prisoner from China, Tibet Autonomous Region, Emigrant, A cultural celebrity

Protests against Chinese occupation of Tibet in 2008, XXIX. Summer Olympic Games in Beijing 2008

in french foreigner legion in the uniform from the first world war

Colonel (ret.) František Tuček

* 1918 †︎ 2008

Veteran of WW2, western front, French Foreign Legion, Participant in antifascist resistance, Relative of a political prisoner

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, 1940 - The Battle of France, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Jiri Tucek_1972 (Privatarchiv Tucek).jpg (historic)

Jiří Tuček

* 1944

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Leopold Tuček, Aš.JPG (historic)

Leopold Tuček

* 1928

Forced labour during the WW2, Border Guards

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria, 1951 - creation of the restricted border area along the Czechoslovakian border with Western Germany and Austria

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