8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII | Memory of Nations

Petr Vyleta, 1963

PaedDr. Petr Vyleta

* 1941

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Boy Scouts, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Vymětalová Dobromila, year 2019

Dobromila Vymětalová

* 1926

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

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR

Ivan Vyskočil on July 1962

Professor, PhDr. Ivan Vyskočil

* 1929 †︎ 2023

Boy Scouts, Writer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising and 4 more anniversaries

Jaromír Vyskočil in 1960

Jaromír Vyskočil

* 1939

Relative of a political prisoner, 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, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 1 more anniversaries

Hildegarda Vyskočilová

Hildegarda Vyskočilová

* 1927

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Portrait, Blatnice; ca. 1980

Marie Vyskočilová

* 1928 †︎ 2018

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Richard Vyškovský, 2016.

Richard Vyškovský

* 1929 †︎ 2019

Illegal border crossing, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Sokol, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school and 5 more categories

9. 5. 1962 – An extensive amnesty, 1991 - 1995 - Croatian War of Independence, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 9 more anniversaries

Arnošt Wagner before graduation, 1957

Arnošt Wagner

* 1938 †︎ 2022

Literature in exile, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Journalist

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

Vladimír Wais in the 1950s

Vladimír Wais

* 1933 †︎ 2022

Member of an Illegal Church, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Svědci Jehovovi, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

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

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