1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia | Memory of Nations

Marie Velíšková during filming, August 2024

Marie Velíšková

* 1936

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, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Private First Class (ret.) Rudolf Veltruský

* 1920

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Miroslav Vencl in 2023

Miroslav Vencl

* 1939

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Bohumil Venclík

Bohumil Venclík

* 1924 †︎ 2025

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Political prisoner in WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps and 1 more anniversaries

Věra Vencovská in her graduation photograph (1948)

Věra Vencovská

* 1929 †︎ 2022

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 11. 12. 1949 – The “Čihošť Miracle”

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

Žofie Vernerová (Maierová)- Vidnava, October 2010

Žofie Vernerová

* 1923 †︎ 2015

Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Lieutenant Colonel (ret.) Hilda Veselá

* 1924 †︎ 2010

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Red Army soldier, Sanitary worker during the World War 2

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1. – 2. 1. 1944 - Battle of Biela Cerkov

Marie Veselá

Marie Veselá

* 1928 †︎ 2021

Internační tábor Svatobořice u Kyjova, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, The Children of Svatobořice, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Veronika Veselovská, rod. Črepová

* 1936

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

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