1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

1989

Miroslav Vaněk - 1964

Miroslav Vaněk

* 1946

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 3 more anniversaries

Graduation photo

Alice Vaňkátová

* 1940

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Mgr. Jarmila Vaňová

* 1965

National minorities, Gypsies / Roma

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

Emöke Vargová

* 1965

Emigrant, Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, Art and censorship

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Julek, 3 years old

Dana Vargová

* 1936

Dissident, Friars

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Čestmír Vaško

Čestmír Vaško

* 1935

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

A portrait of Růžena Vavřichová, née Nekolná

Růžena Vavřichová

* 1929 †︎ 2023

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou and 8 more anniversaries

Vladimír Veit at the singing festival in Wrocław, 1989

Vladimír Veit

* 1948

Dissident, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Radio Free Europe, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 3 more categories

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

Ivo Vendolsky, Prague 2021

Ivo Vendolsky

* 1933

Germany, National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Vladislav Veselý during his military service, end of the 1960s

Vladislav Veselý

* 1948

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

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