1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2 | Memory of Nations

Josef Valenta

Josef Valenta

* 1921 †︎ 2011

National minorities, Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR

Vlastimil Valenta in the studio of Paměť národa in Červená Voda

Vlastimil Valenta

* 1934

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 5 more anniversaries

Věra Valentová, 1946

Věra Valentová

* 1929

Forced labour during the WW2, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 3 more anniversaries

Helena Valíková

Helena Valíková

* 1931

Holocaust, People helping Jews during WWII, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Hidden people

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague

Václav Valoušek, shortly after joining the army in 1944

Nadpraporčík v.v. Václav Valoušek

* 1924 †︎ 2020

Czech minority in the former USSR, National minorities, The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, Repatriated, Member of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps (General Svoboda's army) and 7 more categories

Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR and 7 more anniversaries

Emilie Vančurová

Emilie Vančurová

* 1921

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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Helena Vančurová, roz. Fraindlová

* 1925

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

Portrait

Galina Vaněčková

* 1930

National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist, A cultural celebrity and 1 more categories

1936 - 1938 - Great Terror in the USSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Josef Vaněk in Ostrava, March 2019

Josef Vaněk

* 1934

Nobility, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

September 1939- occupation of the entire Upper Silesia by Germany, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 2 more anniversaries

Václav Vaněk, 40s

Václav Vaněk

* 1926 †︎ 2025

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

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 4 more anniversaries

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