Witnesses starting with letter V

Contemporary photo

Ljuba Václavová

* 1941

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Artists, A cultural celebrity

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vítězslav Vaculík - 1949

Doc. PhDr., CSc. Vítězslav Vaculík

* 1930

A cultural celebrity, Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 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 and 1 more anniversaries

Eva Kulíšková in 1974

Eva Vaculíková

* 1958

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Marie Vaculíková

* 1925 †︎ 2020

Bata school Graduate, Relatives of important personalities, Art and censorship

27. – 29. 6. 1967 - The 4th Congress of Czech Writers, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Jaroslav Vaculín 1946

Jaroslav Vaculín

* 1926 †︎ 2020

Forced labour during the WW2, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR)

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Picture of a young soldier

František Vaczula

* 1929

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Victim of forced relocation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions)

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Dionisios Vafiadis

Dionisios Vafiadis

* 1953

Greece, National minorities, Greek minority in former Czechoslovakia

1944 - 1949 Greek civil war

Vágenknecht Jaroslav - PNS 2015

Jaroslav Vágenknecht

* 1932

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions)

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Darja Vágnerová in March 2022

Ing. Darja Vágnerová

* 1933

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Juraj's graduation photograph from 1950.

Juraj (George) Vago

* 1929 †︎ 2021

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Hidden people

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

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