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

Marcel Winter in 1959

Marcel Winter

* 1948 †︎ 2025

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Alena Winter - 35 years old

prof. JUDr. Alena Winterová CSc.

* 1938

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

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

Schoolgirl Helena Wiplerová plays the accordion, circa 1960

Helena Wiplerová

* 1946

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

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 2 more anniversaries

Mgr. Jan Wirth

* 1961

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Farmer

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Karel Witz playing the guitar as a Modus group member, around 1978

Ing. Karel Witz

* 1947

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Descendant of a Holocaust survivor

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Květoslava Bartonova, 1946

Květoslava Wodziková

* 1933

Déclassé, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Jiří Wohanka during his compulsory military service

Jiří Wohanka

* 1946

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

19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Beata Iwona Wojnarowska

* 1963

Poland, National minorities, Witness of local events from the Communist era

Výjimečný stav v Polsku, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, 25.3.1988 Candle demonstration in Bratislava, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Ivana Wojtylová reciting, cultural part time job (1978)

Ivana Wojtylová

* 1962

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

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

At the military service

Alfred Wolf

* 1946

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

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