Witnesses starting with letter A

Giora Amir, March 2017.

Giora Amir

* 1928

National minorities, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, Boy Scouts, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee and 4 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State and 3 more anniversaries

Bohuslav Anděl

Bohuslav Anděl

* unknown

Veteran of WW2, eastern front

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass

Blanka Andělová

Blanka Andělová

* 1941 †︎ 2021

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Relatives of important personalities, The relative of a political prisoner, Sokol

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation and 2 more anniversaries

Marie Andělová

Marie Andělová

* 1941 †︎ 2019

People helping Jews during WWII, National minorities, Poles living in Kresy (Poland´s Eastern Borderlands), Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Hidden people

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

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Jiří Anderle

* 1936

Boy Scouts, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Matej Andráš

Matej Andráš

* 1921 †︎ 2012

A cultural celebrity, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Slovak-Polish relations in years 1918 - 1945

Josef Andres in a Czechoslovak uniform

Josef Andres

* 1935 †︎ 2013

Czech minority in the former USSR, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Veteran of WW2, eastern front

3.9.1942 - 2.2.1943 Battle of Stalingrad, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Kamil Andres at the military service from 1974 to 1976

Kamil Andres

* 1955

Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Artists, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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

Graduation picture of Vaclav Andres, in 1961

Ing. Václav Andres

* 1943

Déclassé, The relative of a political prisoner

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Petr Andrle, Ostrava 2019

Petr Andrle

* 1942

The Journalist, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia

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