25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR | Memory of Nations

Oldřich Vladař

Ing., Colonel Oldřich Vladař

* 1925 †︎ 2019

The Partisan, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Marie Vladyková, 1963

Marie Vladyková

* 1948

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Miroslav Vlasák, 2024

Ing. Miroslav Vlasák

* 1929

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

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR and 1 more anniversaries

Miloslav Vlk, 30.7.2009

Miloslav Vlk

* 1925

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR)

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial

Student of theological faculty, on the trip with youth friends, Nejdek 1966

PhDr. Miloslav Vlk

* 1932 †︎ 2017

Representative of the Church

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Růžena Vobejdová with her son Milan, Borová, circa 1966

Růžena Vobejdová

* 1932

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 3 more anniversaries

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

Anna Vodrážková, 1943

MUDr. Anna Vodrážková

* 1930

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

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

Hana Voisine-Jechová

Professor Hana Voisine-Jechová

* 1927 †︎ 2020

Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 3 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Václav Vokolek in the 1980s

Václav Vokolek

* 1947

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

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