1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age | Memory of Nations

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Eva Vaňková

* 1930

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner, Radio Free Europe

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial, 22. 8. 1963 – Start of court restitutions

Milan Vaňura at the AEC in Ostrava -Radvanice in 1953

Milan Vaňura

* 1932

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Sokol, Art and censorship

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin

First Holy Communion, 1950

Marie Vařáková

* 1942

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, 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, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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Karel Vaš

* 1916 †︎ 2012

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, A collaborator of the Soviet secret service and 5 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, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 3 more anniversaries

Štěpán Vašíček in the battle dress

Štěpán Vašíček

* 1927 †︎ 2017

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR)

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 11. 12. 1949 – The “Čihošť Miracle”

Josef Vávra (1955)

Josef Vávra

* 1949

Illegal border crossing, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria, 1951 - creation of the restricted border area along the Czechoslovakian border with Western Germany and Austria, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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

Blanka Včeláková

Blanka Včeláková

* 1926

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Vejr František

František Vejr

* 1939

A cultural celebrity, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Avraham Veselý

Avraham Veselý

* 1948

Emigrant, Israel/Palestine, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1962 – An extensive amnesty

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