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Frank Havlik and Blanche M. Podzmik (Božena Podzimková) marriage certificate, 1915
Marriage certificate for Frank Havlik and Blanche M. Podzmik (Božena Podzmiková). Dated May 6, 1915, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. English language.
Gene Deitch
Gene Deitch was born in Chicago in 1924 to Ruth Delson Deitch and Joseph Deitch, a salesman. The Deitch family moved to California after the stock market crash in 1929 and Gene started school in Hollywood. Gene enjoyed creating classroom and…
George Mesko
George Mesko was born in Košice in March 1928. His father worked as a senior official on the Košice-Bohumín Railway, while his mother stayed at home and looked after George and his older sisters. With the signing of the First Vienna Arbitration in…
Georgina Teyrovsky
Georgina Teyrovsky was born in Prague in 1924. Her father, Otakar, was a member of the Czechoslovak Legions in Russia during WWI and met Georgina’s mother, Katerina, at her home there while awaiting evacuation. They married quickly and both departed…
Hajný & Letovským wedding invitation, 1900?
Wedding invitation for Josfíny Hajný& Janem B. Letovským, February 14, 1900?
Hlubucek & Donner marriage certificate, 1941
Marriage certificate from the State of Missouri for Charles J. Hlubucek and Anne M. Donner of Cedar Rapids, Iowa (associated with C.R. Hat Works), September 21, 1941.
Ingrid Chybik
Ingrid Chybik was born in Brno, Moravia, in 1939. Her mother Hilda stayed at home and raised Ingrid and her younger brother Alfred, while her father (also called Alfred) directed a textile business. During WWII, Ingrid fell ill with diphtheria which,…
Jarmila Hruban
Jarmila Hruban was born in Radešov, on the Czechoslovak border with Bavaria, in 1926. Her father was the mayor of nearby Boubská, the principal of the local school, and a regional administrator of a national cooperative bank called Kampelička. After…
Jaroslava Stephina
Jarka Stepina was born in Prague in 1944. She lived in the city’s Žižkov district with her parents and younger sister until 1953, when her parents divorced and she moved to the Letná district with her mother and stepfather, who worked at the…
Jitka Exler
Jitka Exler was born in Karlovy Vary, in western Bohemia, in 1959. She grew up with her parents, Václav and Věra, and her older sister, Blanka, in the nearby town of Ostrov nad Ohří, which Jitka describes as a ‘showcase communist town.’ Although…