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

Hana Vondráčková

Hana Vondráčková

* 1939

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, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

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Adolf Vondrášek

* 1937

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Farmer, Member of an Illegal Church

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Hana Kontová in 1947

Hana Vondrášková

* 1937

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Political prisoner in WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Vladimír Voráč

Second Lieutenant (ret.) Vladimír Voráč

* 1925 †︎ 2013

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR

Kristýna Voráčová, nee Bauch

Kristýna Voráčová, rozená Bauch

* 1936

National minorities, GDR - outgoing passengers, Boy Scouts, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 4 more anniversaries

Vasilia Vorobčuková

* 1922 †︎ 2019

Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Participant in antifascist resistance, Ukrainians in the GULAG, 1944 - 1990 and 2 more categories

Deportations to the Far East, Siberia and North Kazachstan 1939–1941 and 1944–1950, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 6. 1945 – Withdrawal from the Carpatho-Russia in favour of the USSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Karel Vošalík during military service

Karel Vošalík

* 1932 †︎ unknown

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

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

RNDr. Miroslav Vostatek in Pardubice in summer of 2022

RNDr. Miroslav Vostatek

* 1930 †︎ 2023

Boy Scouts, A secret police collaborator, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 1 more anniversaries

Witness in dancing course in Pilsen in 1939. After the photo, it was drawn by her friend Hank in Forced labor deployment

Irena Votrubcová

* 1923 †︎ 2024

Illegal border crossing, Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Hidden people

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Věra Vozáková during recording (2023)

Věra Vozáková

* 1935

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. 1945 - Zákřovský masakr , 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

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