5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

5. 1. 1968-21. 8. 1968

Jaroslav Vízner as a soldier

Jaroslav Vízner

* 1937 †︎ 2022

Emigrant, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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

From a theatre performance

Oldřich Vlček

* 1939

Art and censorship, Relative of a political prisoner

March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Vladimír Vlček (en)

Vladimír Vlček

* 1944

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

Josef Vlček - 1924, Kaňovice

Josef Vlček

* 1920 †︎ 2015

Dissident, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities

Karel Vlček, at the military service, 1956

Karel Vlček

* 1933

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Milan Vlček in a passport photo as an employee of the IFF UK, 1980s

Milan Vlček

* 1942

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

Zdeněk Vlk in 2019

Zdeněk Vlk

* 1933

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Olga Vobrubová, picture taken shortly after the end of World War II

Olga Vobrubová

* 1942

Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 4 more anniversaries

Petr Volf as a child, 1942

Petr Volf

* 1940

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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 and 2 more anniversaries

Jana Adášková - Volfová - in time of school

Jana Volfová

* 1934

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation and 1 more anniversaries

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