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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

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

Borek

Dr. Ctibor Vořech

* 1921

Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Boy Scouts, Zpravodajská brigáda 1939 - 1945

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák

Václav Vorlíček 2017

Václav Vorlíček

* 1930 †︎ 2019

Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

Vasilia Vorobčuková

* 1922 †︎ 2019

Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Participant in antifascist resistance, Ukrainians in the GULAG, 1944 - 1990 and 2 more categories

Deportations to the Far East, Siberia and North Kazachstan 1939–1941 and 1944–1950, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 6. 1945 – Withdrawal from the Carpatho-Russia in favour of the USSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Vošahlík Miroslav

Miroslav Vošahlík

* 1943

Emigrant, Boy Scouts, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 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, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída and 3 more anniversaries

Jan Vosáhlo 18 years old, 1960

Jan Vosáhlo

* 1942

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Relative of a political prisoner

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Karel Vošalík during military service

Karel Vošalík

* 1932 †︎ unknown

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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