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Blanka Včeláková

Blanka Včeláková

* 1926

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Vladimír Veit at the singing festival in Wrocław, 1989

Vladimír Veit

* 1948

Dissident, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Radio Free Europe, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 4 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Otakar Veverka in 2022

Otakar Veverka

* 1956

Dissident, Journalist, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Anti-communist rebel, Charter 77 signatory and 3 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, Palach Week and 2 more anniversaries

Miloš Viehmann in his youth, 1940s

Miloš Viehman

* 1929

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel

Drahomíra Vitvarová as a nurse

Drahomíra Vitvarová

* 1931

Political prisoner, Member of an Illegal Church, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Anti-communist rebel

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

Kristina Vlachová, twenty-six years old (photographer Karel Meistr)

Kristina Vlachová

* 1943

Anti-communist rebel, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”

Němčice, Božena Vlčková, circa 1973

Božena Vlčková

* 1958

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Anti-communist rebel, Participant in antifascist resistance, Veteran of WW2, western front

July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Miloslav Vlk, 30.7.2009

Miloslav Vlk

* 1925

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR)

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial

Rudolf Vojtěch in 1976

Rudolf Vojtěch

* 1952

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner, Dissident, The underground

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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