17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia | Memory of Nations

Václav Vacek in 1950s

Mgr. Václav Vacek

* 1946

Representative of the Church, Dissident, Relative of a political prisoner, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Catholic clerical and 1 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 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, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 4 more anniversaries

Orko

Mgr. Marek Vácha

* 1966

Boy Scouts

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

Karel Vachek during the interview with Post Bellum

Karel Vachek

* 1940 †︎ 2020

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Czech community in the US, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Dagmar before leaving for Switzerland, 1946

Ing. Dagmar Váchová

* 1938

People helping Jews during WWII, Relative of a political prisoner, Participant in antifascist resistance, Boy Scouts, Sokol and 2 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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

Věra Vacková, née Ronovská

Věra Vacková

* 1931

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

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Miroslav Václavek in 1971

Miroslav Václavek

* 1965

Dissident, Relatives of important personalities, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Radio Free Europe, Writer and 6 more categories

27. – 29. 6. 1967 - The 4th Congress of Czech Writers, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial and 5 more anniversaries

Vladimír Václavek in 15 years

Vladimír Václavek

* 1959

Art and censorship, The underground, A cultural celebrity, Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

František Václavík in the forge

František Václavík

* 1943 †︎ 2022

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ljuba Vaclavová, 1961

Ljuba Václavová

* 1941

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists, A cultural celebrity

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion 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

Jan Vaculík with his cat Čičok, 1964

Jan Vaculík

* 1958

Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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