18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou | Memory of Nations

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

Marie Vrhelová (probably 1961)

Marie Vrhelová

* 1929

Sudeten Germans, Forced labour during the WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Jana Vydrová, New York 1964

Jana Vydrová

* 1939

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

A contemporary picture - after his release from prison

František Wiendl

* 1923

Illegal border crossing, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Anti-communist rebel, Participant in antifascist resistance and 3 more categories

10. 6. 1942 – Destruction of Lidice, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia and 7 more anniversaries

Wedding photo, 1954

Zdena Zábrodská, roz. Krejčová

* 1936

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

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 2 more anniversaries

Vladimír Zajíc in May 1945

Vladimír Zajíc

* 1939

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

20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Petr Zámečník with an accordion at a veteran reunion in Víska

Petr Zámečník

* 1950

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witness of local events from the Communist era, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Spolupracovník Vojenské kontrarozvědky

18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

František Žebrák as a soldier of the Wehrmacht in 1944

František Žebrák

* 1926 †︎ 2021

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W, Wehrmacht soldier

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 12.1.1945 - 13.2.1945 Vistula–Oder Offensive, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Charming Hana Ženíšková in her youth

Hana Ženíšková

* 1930

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 5 more anniversaries

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