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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 4 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

Pavel Veverka during his military service

Pavel Veverka

* 1952

Witness of local events from the Communist era

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Jiří Vik in the early 1950s

Jiří Vik

* 1931 †︎ 2023

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Jaroslav Vinický before starting his military service

Jaroslav Vinický

* 1963

Witness of local events from the Communist era, National minorities, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 3 more anniversaries

Blanka Kroneislová (Vítková)

Blanka Vítková

* 1961

Dissident, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, 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, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster

Ladislav Vitoul in the UN mission in Iraq

Colonel (Ret.), Ing. Ladislav Vitoul

* 1945

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Victim of forced relocation, Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, War veteran after 1989

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 6.-13. 12. 1980 Operation Krkonoše, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Portrait

Eva Vítová

* 1930 †︎ 2021

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Sokol

18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering and 3 more anniversaries

Jindřich Vítovec in Soběšice, undated

Prof. Ing., DrSc. Jindřich Vítovec

* 1928

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist, University professor

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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