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

Věra Včeláková, 1959

Věra Včeláková

* 1938

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

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jan Včelař during recording for Memory of Nations, August 2025, Zlín

Jan Včelař

* 1956

Dissident, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Václav Veber in 1987

JUDr. Václav Veber

* 1937

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Marie Veberová, 2023

Marie Veberová

* 1946

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Kamila Večeřová in her graduation photo, 1994

Mgr. Kamila Večeřová

* 1976

Border Guards, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

The witness in her youth, 1950s

Kateřina Večeřová

* 1936

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Martin Věchet during filming

Martin Věchet

* 1964

Dissident, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , The underground, A cultural celebrity

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

Ondrej Vechter during recording in 2022

Ondrej Vechter

* 1965

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

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, Hijacking of CSA flight OK096 to Germany (8.6.1970)

Jana Věchtová as a child

Jana Věchtová

* 1945

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

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

Student strike committee meeting, Hradec Králové, Jindřich Vedlich on the left; November 1989

PaedDr. Jindřich Vedlich

* 1966

Politician, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia

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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