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

Prof. MUDr. Miloš Velemínský, CSc., dr. h. c. in 2012

Prof. MUDr., CSc. Miloš Velemínský

* 1936 †︎ 2024

Soutěž Příběhy 20. století, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jan Velík

Colonel (ret.) Jan Velík

* 1921 †︎ 2016

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Forced labour during the WW2, Red Army soldier and 2 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR and 2 more anniversaries

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

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