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

Arnošt Wagner before graduation, 1957

Arnošt Wagner

* 1938 †︎ 2022

Literature in exile, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Journalist

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

Eliška Wagnerová in her youth

JUDr. Eliška Wagnerová Ph.D.

* 1948 †︎ 2025

Lawyer, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Politician, Radio Free Europe, 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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

On holiday

Miluše Wajshajtlová

* 1952

Relative of a political prisoner, 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, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

Jan Wallstein at the age of fourteen

Jan Wallstein

* 1942

National minorities, German minority in Poland after 1945, Victim of forced relocation, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Sudeten Germans and 3 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Zlata Wálová, 1931

Zlata Wálová

* 1925

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jan Walter at the age of nine

Ing. Jan Walter

* 1946

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

The witness's father on leave during the war, from the year 1943. Little Karel Walter can be seen on the photograph with his father

Karel Walter

* 1940

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, Ústí massacre (31. 7. 1945), 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 2 more anniversaries

1982 Wanek

Miroslav Wanek

* 1962

Dissident, Anti-communist rebel, Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 26.8. 1980 Solidarity strike in Wroclaw

Olga in 1953

Olga Wankeová, roz. Piskorová

* 1929

Soutěž Příběhy 20. století

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 10. 6. 1942 – Destruction of Lidice, July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns

Tadeusz Wantuła

Mgr. Tadeusz Wantuła

* 1950 †︎ 2024

National minorities, Relative of a political prisoner, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Politician

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, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

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