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

Ivan Vasko

Lieutenant Colonel (ret.) Ivan Vasko

* 1928 †︎ 2013

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Red Army soldier, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Slovak-Polish relations in years 1918 - 1945

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1945 – Withdrawal from the Carpatho-Russia in favour of the USSR, The liberation of the city of Ostrava

Věra Vašků in 2025

Věra Vašků

* 1939

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

The_Vasulkas výřez.jpg (historic)

Dr. Woody Vasulka

* 1937 †︎ 2019

A cultural celebrity, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jaroslav Vávra (en)

Jaroslav Vávra

* 1933

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, Death marches 1944-1945, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Jan Vavrda

Jan Vavrda

* 1922 †︎ 1995

Parašutisté vycvičení během druhé světové války ve Velké Británii, Veteran of WW2, western front

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Vavrdová, neé Dvořáková Milada

RNDr. Milada Vavrdová roz. Dvořáková

* 1938

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

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Wawrečka (Vavrečka) František

Colonel (ret.) František Vavrečka

* 1920 †︎ 2012

Participant in antifascist resistance, Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Veteran of WW2, western front

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

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

Josef Vavrin in 2023

Josef Vavřín

* 1927

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Memory of vanished settlements, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

1939, Petr

Petr Vavřín

* 1929

Holocaust, 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, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, Death marches 1944-1945 and 2 more anniversaries

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