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Ludvík Vala in 2019

Ludvík Vala

* 1935

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Jiří Valášek, 1953

Jiří Valášek

* 1931

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Life along the Iron Curtain, The topic of security forces before 1989

1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria, 1951 - creation of the restricted border area along the Czechoslovakian border with Western Germany and Austria, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster

Irena Valášková (Boxanová)

Irena Valášková

* 1923

Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Victim of forced relocation, Sokol, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Jana Valášková (en)

Jana Valášková

* 1933

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

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, july 1938 - X. sokol slet's, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 4 more anniversaries

Jarmila Valášková / 1950s

Jarmila Valášková

* 1938

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Růžena Valčíková, around thirty years old

Růžena Valčíková

* 1933

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner and 3 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia and 5 more anniversaries

Iva Valdmanová, circa 1975

Iva Valdmanová

* 1955

Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witness of local events from the Communist era, War veteran after 1989

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1991 - 1995 - Croatian War of Independence, 1992 - 1995 Bosnian War

Michal Válek, 1980s

Michal Válek

* 1960

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

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

Ivo Valent, 2017

Ivo Valent

* 1964

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Jiří Valenta, 18 years old

Mgr. Jiří Valenta

* 1927 †︎ 2019

Journalist, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

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