Art and censorship

As a young man

Josef Vlček

* 1951

A secret police agent, Journalist, A secret police collaborator, Art and censorship

17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Portrait photograph from the mid-1970s

Vladimír Vlk

* 1936

Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 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

PhDr. Jan Vodňanský

* 1941 †︎ 2021

Charter 77 signatory, Art and censorship

17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”

1980_sm.jpg (historic)

Miroslav Vodrážka

* 1954

Dissident, The underground, Art and censorship

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Antonín Vojtek 19 years old

Antonín Vojtek

* 1934

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Radio Free Europe, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

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

Václav Vokolek in the 1980s

Václav Vokolek

* 1947

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Relatives of important personalities

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Petr Volf as a child, 1942

Petr Volf

* 1940

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 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 and 2 more anniversaries

Na Chmelnici Club, a shared concert with Teplice-based FPB, 1985

Ing., Arch. Vladimír Volman

* 1965

Art and censorship, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Milan Dino Vopálka during the recording

Milan Dino Vopálka

* 1955

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Art and censorship, The underground

17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, Dispersal of Plastic People and DG 307 concert in Rudolfov

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

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