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

Jan Vlach in 1955

Jan Vlach

* 1930

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Josef Vlach, 1939

Dr. Ing., CSc Josef Vlach

* 1919

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Political prisoner in WW2, Sokol

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

Herta Vladařová in 2020

Herta Vladařová

* 1929

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Hidden people

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Miroslav Vlasák, 2024

Ing. Miroslav Vlasák

* 1929

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

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR and 1 more anniversaries

František Vlček filming with Memory of Nation, Olomouc, 2025

František Vlček

* 1943

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

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

Milan Vlček

* 1934

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, The Partisan, Relative of a political prisoner, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 3 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. 5. 1945 - vypálení Javoříčka , 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 2 more anniversaries

Františka Vlčková in her youth

Františka Vlčková

* 1934

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Josef Vlk

Josef Vlk

* 1932

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Vlk Radomír - dobovy portret.JPG (historic)

Radomír Vlk

* 1925 †︎ 2025

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

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