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

Jaroslav Vaculín 1946

Jaroslav Vaculín

* 1926 †︎ 2020

Forced labour during the WW2, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR)

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Picture of a young soldier

František Vaczula

* 1929 †︎ 2025

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Victim of forced relocation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions)

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Růžena Valčíková, around thirty years old

Růžena Valčíková

* 1933

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner and 3 more categories

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, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia and 5 more anniversaries

Period photograph of Jindřich Valenta in scout costume, 1953

Jindřich Valenta

* 1935

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

Vlastimil Valenta in the studio of Paměť národa in Červená Voda

Vlastimil Valenta

* 1934

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, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 5 more anniversaries

Eva Valentová in Dírna in South Bohemia in 1963

Eva Valentová

* 1947

Relative of a political prisoner

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Augustín Valentovič

Augustín Valentovič

* 1923 †︎ 2010

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

Božena Valová as a child

Božena Valová

* 1946

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Rostislav Vaněk at Tate Britain in London

Professor Doc. academic painter Rostislav Vaněk

* 1945

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Art and censorship, University professor, Artists and 1 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 9. 5. 1962 – An extensive amnesty, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 4 more anniversaries

Josef Vaněk in Ostrava, March 2019

Josef Vaněk

* 1934

Nobility, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

September 1939- occupation of the entire Upper Silesia by Germany, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 2 more anniversaries

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