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

5. 1. 1968-21. 8. 1968

Angelus Waldstein, 2021

Karel Albrecht (Angelus) Waldstein-Wartenberg

* 1931 †︎ 2023

Germany, Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Victim of forced relocation, Nobility

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Milena Watsonová (née Forštová) in the 1950s

Milena Watsonová

* 1938 †︎ 2024

United Kingdom, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relatives of important personalities and 3 more categories

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

1944

Ing. Petr Weber

* 1942

National minorities, Holocaust, People helping Jews during WWII, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Jaroslav Weigel

Jaroslav Weigel

* 1931 †︎ 2019

Journalist, Relatives of important personalities, Boy Scouts, Art and censorship, Artists and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák

Viktor Weilguny in 1966

Viktor Weilguny

* 1946

Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 31. 10. 1967 – Spontaneous student demonstration in Prague, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 2 more anniversaries

Mr. Weiss in a historical photograph while working as a metal engraver

Siegfried Weiss

* 1933 †︎ 2022

Germany, Sudeten Germans

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Zdeněk Weitosch first year at university, 1951

Ing. Zdeněk Weitosch

* 1933

Déclassé, Friars, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Farmer

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Current photograph of Peter Werner from the recording, number one.

Peter Werner

* 1948

Holocaust, Israel/Palestine

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Miroslav Alan Westcott

Ing. Alan Miroslav Westcott Doležal

* 1943

United Kingdom, Emigrant, Parašutisté vycvičení během druhé světové války ve Velké Británii, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Stanislav Wieser in Turnov during his move to Karlovy Vary, picture from 1965

Stanislav Wieser

* 1940

People helping Jews during WWII, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Boy Scouts

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 1 more anniversaries

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