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

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

Jarmila Veverová Králová, Kraslice circa 1970

MUDr. Jarmila Veverová-Králová

* 1930

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Forced labour during the WW2, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts and 3 more categories

1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Rudolf Vévoda in 1961

MUDr. Rudolf Vévoda

* 1935

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

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Michaela, 1948

RNDr. Michaela Vidláková roz. Lauscherová

* 1936

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Israel/Palestine and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial and 4 more anniversaries

Josef Vít

Josef Vít

* 1942

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

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 1952 Terror Náchod

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