A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee | Memory of Nations

František Vláčil in 2022

František Vláčil

* 1956

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Border Guards, Life along the Iron Curtain, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Illegal border crossing

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Aharon Eduard Vlček

Aharon Eduard Vlček

* 1939

National minorities, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Hidden people and 2 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1948 Arab–Israeli War and 1 more anniversaries

František Vlček filming with Memory of Nation, Olomouc, 2025

František Vlček

* 1943

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Leo Marian Vodička, 1985

Master of Fine Arts Leo Marian Vodička

* 1950

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, A cultural celebrity

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 29. 7. - 14. 8. 1948 Summer Olympics in London, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Portrait of Petr Vogel, 1968, part of archive file no. 21092 C from the Security Services Archive of the Czech Republic

Prof. PhDr., Dr. H. c. Petr Vogel

* 1937

Descendant of a Holocaust survivor, United States of America, Russia, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee and 7 more categories

Dissolution of the Soviet Union, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 2 more anniversaries

Graduation

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

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