1989 - The fall of the iron curtain | Memory of Nations

Current photo of Leoš Válka taken during the filming in a Prague studio on December 4, 2020

Leoš Válka

* 1953

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

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

Rostislav Valušek, 1970s

Rostislav Valušek

* 1946

Dissident, Representative of the Church, Vicar without State agreement, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Non-Catholic clerical and 3 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 2 more anniversaries

ID card photo, 1958

Jindřich Vaňák

* 1937 †︎ 2026

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

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

Rostislav Vaněk at Tate Britain in London

Professor Doc. academic painter Rostislav Vaněk

* 1945

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Art and censorship, University professor, Artists and 1 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 9. 5. 1962 – An extensive amnesty, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 4 more anniversaries

Dušan Vaněk in 1985

Dušan Vaněk

* 1963

Illegal border crossing, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

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

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