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Pavel Veselý / Ostrava / the early 1960s

Pavel Veselý

* 1942

Journalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jaroslav Vetter (1954)

Jaroslav Vetter

* 1935

Representative of the Church, Non-Catholic clerical

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Stone worker František Vízek, 1982

PaedDr. František Vízek

* 1940

Dissident, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Déclassé, Politician, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 4 more anniversaries

Roman Vlasák as a wedding registrar at the municipality (early 1990s)

Roman Vlasák

* 1954

Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

As a young man

Josef Vlček

* 1951

Journalist, A secret police collaborator, Art and censorship, The topic of security forces before 1989

17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

PhDr. Jan Vodňanský

* 1941 †︎ 2021

Charter 77 signatory, Art and censorship

17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”

Jana Adášková - Volfová - in time of school

Jana Volfová

* 1934

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation and 1 more anniversaries

Milan Dino Vopálka during the recording

Milan Dino Vopálka

* 1955

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Art and censorship, The underground

17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, Dispersal of Plastic People and DG 307 concert in Rudolfov

Jitka Vrátníková in Canada in 1981

Jitka Vrátníková

* 1948

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

Jan Vrátný in 2022

Jan Vrátný

* 1938 †︎ 2023

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 3 more anniversaries

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