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Ing. Jiří Vohralík

* 1936

Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, The Sportsmen, Writer

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Hana Voisine-Jechová

Professor Hana Voisine-Jechová

* 1927 †︎ 2020

Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 3 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Miloš Vojtěchovský in 1994

Miloš Vojtěchovský

* 1955

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, Artists

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

IMG_9690.JPG (historic)

Dáša Vokatá

* 1954

Dissident, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Charter 77 signatory, The underground, A cultural celebrity

Bronislava Volková, 1989

PhDr. Bronislava Volková

* 1946

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era, University professor, Emigrant

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Vošahlík Miroslav

Miroslav Vošahlík

* 1943

Emigrant, Boy Scouts, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída and 3 more anniversaries

Josef Vozáb, 1973

Josef Vozáb

* 1955

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Jitka Vrátníková in Canada in 1981

Jitka Vrátníková

* 1948

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

Witness Jaroslav Vrubel during eyd recording

Jaroslav Vrubel

* 1940

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Jaroslav Vrzala in 2011

Jaroslav Vrzala

* 1926 †︎ unknown

Literature in exile, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

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