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

Photo of Jaromír Vitvar

Mgr. Jaromír Vitvar

* 1931

Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Relative of a political prisoner, Participant in antifascist resistance

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

A. Vlasáková in the 1940s

MUDr. Alja Vlasáková

* 1937 †︎ unknown

Internační tábor Svatobořice u Kyjova, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Hidden people

21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Josef Vlk

Josef Vlk

* 1932

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Portrait photograph from the mid-1970s

Vladimír Vlk

* 1936

Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists and 1 more categories

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 4 more anniversaries

Alois Vocásek in 2002

Alois Vocásek

* 1896 †︎ 2003

Prisoner of War/ P.O.W, Sokol

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1. - 2. 7. 1917 - the battle at Zborova

Jana Vojáčková

Jana Vojáčková

* 1931

Boy Scouts

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

Miroslav Vojnar

Colonel (ret.) Miroslav Vojnar

* 1921 †︎ 2013

Forced labour during the WW2, Royal Air Force, Boy Scouts

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Jozef Vojtech in the uniform of the Czech-Slovak Freedom Army, 1945

Lieutenant Jozef Vojtech

* 1919

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Slovak army soldier during 1939 - 1945

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Leopold Vojtěchovský

Colonel (ret.) Leopold Vojtěchovský

* 1920 †︎ 2013

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Boy Scouts, Internační tábor Svatobořice u Kyjova

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 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 and 1 more anniversaries

20 years old Václav Volfík - left

Colonel Václav Volfík

* 1930

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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