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Dusan Ciran
Dusan Ciran was born in Brezová pod Bradlom, western Slovakia, in 1929. His father Martin died when he was only a few months old and his mother, Darina, subsequently remarried a widower called Emil Sarvady. Around the time that Dusan started school,…
Duke Dellin
Edward (Duke) Dellin was born in Prague in 1940. His father, Eduard, had studied agricultural engineering and, after a time spent at the helm of the Sugar Beet Growers’ Association, became involved in politics as the Secretary of the Czechoslovak…
Doris Drost
Doris Drost was born in Olomouc, central Moravia, in 1920. Her parents had met in Poland during WWI, as her mother Jana was from there, and her father Vojtěch was a Czechoslovak legionnaire stationed in the country. Doris grew up in Rohatec where her…
Tags: 1948, Community Life, Education, emigrant, English language, Family life, Hodonin, marriage, Matelova, refugee, World War II
Charles Heller
Charles Heller was born in Prague in 1936. His father, Rudolph, was the owner of a clothing manufacturing firm in Kojetice near Prague, which had been started by Charles’ great-grandfather on his mother’s side, Gustav Neumann. Charles’ mother, Ilona,…
Alex Cech
Alex Cech was born in Kolín in Central Bohemia in 1927. His father Alois was the head of the Board of Civil Engineering in Kolín, while his mother Karolina stayed home and raised Alex and his older brother Vojen. Although there was little…
Tags: 1948, Arrest, Community Life, Education, emigrant, gymnazium, Kolin, Privatization, refugee, World War II
An Evening of Physical Culture, Tělocvičná Jednota Sokol program, 1948
Program for Cedar Rapids Sokol event. ‘An Evening of Physical Culture, Sunday April 4, 1948’. Held at Woodrow Wilson High School in Cedar Rapids -Czech and English, 4 pages.
Tags: 1948, Cedar Rapids, Czech language, Iowa, program, Sokol
Masaryk Memorial Concert, Lyra Singing Society program, 1948
Program for the Masaryk Memorial Concert starring Lyra Singing Society. Held at Memorial Coliseum in Cedar Rapids on March 7, 1948. Includes advertisements from local businesses- Czech and English, 28 pages.
Tags: 1948, Cedar Rapids, Czech language, Iowa, Lyra, program