1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

1948-1955

Jozef as a young member of the kibbutz

Jozef Weiss

* 1933 †︎ 2024

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Hidden people and 1 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 24.9.1945 - Pogrom in Topoľčany, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 3 more anniversaries

Period photography of Mária Weissová.

Mária Weissová rod. Kovalová

* 1933

Holocaust, Illegal border crossing, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Hidden people

2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 1944-1945 Hungary at the end of the second world war , 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Edith Weitzenová (roz. Nettlová)

Edith Weitzenová (roz. Nettlová)

* 1924 †︎ 2011

Veteran of WW2, western front, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, National minorities, Holocaust and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain and 2 more anniversaries

Anna Wernardová, 1955

Anna Wernardová

* 1936

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 9. 5. 1962 – An extensive amnesty, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

A contemporary picture - after his release from prison

František Wiendl

* 1923

Illegal border crossing, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Anti-communist rebel, Participant in antifascist resistance and 3 more categories

10. 6. 1942 – Destruction of Lidice, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia and 7 more anniversaries

Jan Wiener

Colonel (ret.) Jan Wiener

* 1920 †︎ 2010

Veteran of WW2, western front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, A cultural celebrity and 3 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Young Miroslav Wildung

Miroslav Wildung

* 1919

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia

Sylvie Wittmannová in adolescence

Sylvie Wittmannová

* 1956

Holocaust, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A secret police agent

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial

Jiří Wolf graduation at Jan Evangelista Purkyně University, Brno, 1976

MUDr. Jiří Wolf

* 1952

Boy Scouts, Sokol

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

Marie Wollnerová, 2016

Marie Wollnerová

* 1936

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

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

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