19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering | Memory of Nations

Danuše Ulmannová

* 1928

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 1 more anniversaries

Zbyněk Unčovský, 1940s

Zbyněk Unčovský

* 1930

National minorities, Sokol, The Sportsmen, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Cecílie Urbancová as a university student, Brno, 1954

Cecílie Urbancová

* 1931

Boy Scouts, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

Věra Vacková, née Ronovská

Věra Vacková

* 1931

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

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Věra Valentová, 1946

Věra Valentová

* 1929

Forced labour during the WW2, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, 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, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 3 more anniversaries

Josef Vaněk in Ostrava, March 2019

Josef Vaněk

* 1934

Nobility, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

September 1939- occupation of the entire Upper Silesia by Germany, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 2 more anniversaries

A portrait of Růžena Vavřichová, née Nekolná

Růžena Vavřichová

* 1929 †︎ 2023

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou and 8 more anniversaries

Karel Vavřínek

Ing. Karel Vavřínek

* 1929 †︎ 2016

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts, Sokol, Déclassé

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

Ludmila Věříšová, née Matoušová, in 1945

Mgr. Ludmila Věříšová

* 1934

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Hana Vidímová in 2019

Hana Vidímová

* 1928 †︎ 2024

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

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

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