21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops | Memory of Nations

Věra Vacková, née Ronovská

Věra Vacková

* 1931

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

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Miroslav Václavek in 1971

Miroslav Václavek

* 1965

Dissident, Relatives of important personalities, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Radio Free Europe, Writer and 6 more categories

27. – 29. 6. 1967 - The 4th Congress of Czech Writers, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial and 5 more anniversaries

Eva Václavková / 1962

Eva Václavková

* 1935 †︎ 2023

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR and 1 more anniversaries

Jan Vaculík with his cat Čičok, 1964

Jan Vaculík

* 1958

Relatives of important personalities, 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, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ondřej Vaculík in 2024

Ondřej Vaculík

* 1954

Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Journalist, Writer

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Vítězslav Vaculík - 1949

Doc. PhDr., CSc. Vítězslav Vaculík

* 1930

A cultural celebrity, Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Eva Kulíšková in 1974

Eva Vaculíková

* 1958

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jaroslav Vaculín 1946

Jaroslav Vaculín

* 1926 †︎ 2020

Forced labour during the WW2, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR)

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Karel Vágner in 2022

Karel Vágner

* 1942

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

28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Darja Vágnerová in March 2022

Ing. Darja Vágnerová

* 1933

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

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

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