23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation | Memory of Nations

Marie Vlková

Marie Vlková

* 1944

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

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Leo Marian Vodička, 1985

Master of Fine Arts Leo Marian Vodička

* 1950

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, A cultural celebrity

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 29. 7. - 14. 8. 1948 Summer Olympics in London, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Vilém Vogt, Slovan Moravská Třebová

Vilém Vogt

* 1938

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Břetislava Vohralíková

Břetislava Vohralíková

* 1937

Volhynian Czechs

10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

S. Volny in 2007

Stanislav Volný

* 1929

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Relative of a political prisoner, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Mikuláš Vondráček

Colonel (ret.) Mikuláš Vondráček

* 1923 †︎ 2022

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Forced labour during the WW2 and 3 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 4 more anniversaries

Contemporary photo

Ludmila Vondráčková

* 1933

Relative of a political prisoner, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Victim of forced relocation

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, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 1 more anniversaries

Růžena Vondrášková, 1964

Růžena Vondrášková

* 1946

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer, Life along the Iron Curtain

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Josef Vopařil before starting military service in 1956

Josef Vopařil

* 1936 †︎ 2024

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jana Voráčková at the age of 15, 1961

Jana Voráčková

* 1946

Memory of vanished settlements, Witness of local events from the Communist era, National minorities, Sudeten Germans

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

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