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

Ludmila Voráčková – sergeant, 1953

Ludmila Voráčková

* 1931

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, The Army of the Protectorate Bohemia-Moravia and 3 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. 5. 1945 - vypálení Javoříčka , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 2 more anniversaries

Kristýna Voráčová, nee Bauch

Kristýna Voráčová, rozená Bauch

* 1936

National minorities, GDR - outgoing passengers, Boy Scouts, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 4 more anniversaries

Milada Vorlíčková, 2023

Milada Dagmar Vorlíčková

* 1930

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 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

photo from obligatory military service

Július Vörös

* 1926

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Friars, Relative of a political prisoner, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks

RNDr. Miroslav Vostatek in Pardubice in summer of 2022

RNDr. Miroslav Vostatek

* 1930 †︎ 2023

Boy Scouts, A secret police collaborator, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 1 more anniversaries

Young artist

Jiří Voves

* 1945

A cultural celebrity, Art and censorship

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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter” and 2 more anniversaries

Věra Vozáková during recording (2023)

Věra Vozáková

* 1935

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. 1945 - Zákřovský masakr , 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Ladislav Vrábel

Ladislav Vrábel

* 1947

Representative of the Church, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Catholic clerical

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Bohuslav Vrána during compulsory military service

Bohuslav Vrána

* 1930

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Jan Vrátný in 2022

Jan Vrátný

* 1938 †︎ 2023

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 3 more anniversaries

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