Witnesses starting with letter A

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, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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, 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

Journalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Jana Andrlíková

Jana Andrlíková

* 1939

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era

23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1990 - 1991 - Odsun sovětských vojsk z Československa

Bohuslav Andrš in 1941

Bohuslav Andrš

* 1926

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Emigrant, National minorities, Czech minority in the former USSR

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 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, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR

Josef Andrýs

Doc. MUDr. Josef Andrýs

* 1920 †︎ 2015

Forced labour during the WW2, Scientist

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities

Olga Andrýsová, 1953

RNDr. Olga Andrýsová

* 1935

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Viorel Mihail Anghel

* 1953

Romania, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Political prisoner in Romania

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Historic photo

Phi Anhha

* 1960

Vietnam

1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975 - Vietnam War

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