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Jiří Vik in the early 1950s

Jiří Vik

* 1931 †︎ 2023

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Marie Viková in the play Šerif se vrací [Return of the Sheriff]. 1961

Marie Viková

* 1935

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Waltraud Vild in 1956

Waltraud Vildová

* 1941

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

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

High school graduation photo, 1958

Ladislav Vilímek

* 1940

Historian, A cultural celebrity, Representative of the Church, Holocaust, People helping Jews during WWII and 6 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis, 9. - 10. 11. 1938 Crystal Night and 8 more anniversaries

Vjačeslav Viskočil when serving in the Red Army

Lieutenant (ret.) Vjačeslav Viskočil

* 1927 †︎ 2014

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs, Red Army soldier, Czech minority in the former USSR, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945 and 1 more categories

1932 - 1933 - Holodomor - Great famine in Ukraine, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster

Jiřina Vítková, ca. 1948

MUDr. Jiřina Vítková

* 1933

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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Jana Vítková

Jana Vítková

* 1939

Political prisoner in WW2, Participant in antifascist resistance, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2 and 1 more categories

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

Věra Vítková, 1940s

Věra Vítková

* 1930 †︎ 2024

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 2 more anniversaries

Věra Vitková (Říčarová), 1977, Hradec Králové

Věra Vítková

* 1936

Holocaust, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Art and censorship, Artists, Hidden people

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”

Portrait

Eva Vítová

* 1930 †︎ 2021

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Sokol

18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering and 3 more anniversaries

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