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

František Vondráček at the time when he served with the Auxiliary Technical Batallions (1952–1954)

František Vondráček

* 1931 †︎ 2022

Member of Orel, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions) and 5 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 5 more anniversaries

as a child

Jan Vondráček

* 1966

The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Bachelor Jiří Vondráček

* 1956

Politician, Boy Scouts

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Contemporary photo

Ludmila Vondráčková

* 1933

Relative of a political prisoner, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Victim of forced relocation

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, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 1 more anniversaries

Václav Vondrášek, 1960s

Doc. PhDr., CSc. Václav Vondrášek CSc.

* 1946

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Hana Kontová in 1947

Hana Vondrášková

* 1937

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Political prisoner in WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jaroslava Vondrková, student

Ing. Jaroslava Vondrková

* 1954

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jan Vondrouš, 1993

Ing. Jan Vondrouš

* 1953

Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Young Vladimír Vonka

Prof. MUDr., CSc. Vladimír Vonka

* 1930 †︎ 2025

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 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

Josef Vopařil before starting military service in 1956

Josef Vopařil

* 1936 †︎ 2024

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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