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Period photo of Marta Uhlíková from 1974

Marta Uhlíková

* 1949

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Milan Uhlíř

Ing. Milan Uhlíř

* 1958

National minorities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Farmer and 1 more categories

1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975 - Vietnam War, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 2 more anniversaries

Ludmila Uhlířová (Stárková)

Ludmila Uhlířová

* 1922 †︎ unknown

Czech minority in the former USSR, People helping Jews during WWII, National minorities, The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945 and 3 more categories

Ukrainian insurgent movement 1930–1950, 1932 - 1933 - Holodomor - Great famine in Ukraine, 23.8.1939 - Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps and 7 more anniversaries

Witness during the studies at high school

Prof. Ing., CSc. Jaromír Ulbrecht

* 1928

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Jaromir Ulc in the army sergeant, radio operator

Major Jaromír Ulč

* 1950 †︎ 2016

A communist interrogator, A secret police collaborator, A secret police agent

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Zdeněk Urban in 1943

Zdeněk Urban

* 1935 †︎ 2023

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Theresienstadt Ghetto, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Déclassé, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR) and 12 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 10 more anniversaries

Bartolomej Urbanec

Bartolomej Urbanec

* 1937

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Catholic clerical, Vicar without State agreement

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

Ľubomír Vacek

Ľubomír Vacek

* 1932

Participant in antifascist resistance, Political prisoner in WW2, National minorities, Holocaust, The Partisan and 3 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

František Vácha

František Vácha

* 1942

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Jiří Vahala 2013

Architect Jiří Vahala

* unknown

Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

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

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