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Petr Váňa in 2000, when he worked on the Marian Column

Mgr. Petr Váňa

* 1965

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists

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

Rostislav Vaněk at Tate Britain in London

Professor Doc. academic painter Rostislav Vaněk

* 1945

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Art and censorship, University professor, Artists and 1 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 9. 5. 1962 – An extensive amnesty, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 4 more anniversaries

Stanislava Vaníčková 2018

Stanislava Vaníčková

* 1927

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 2 more anniversaries

Milan Vaňura at the AEC in Ostrava -Radvanice in 1953

Milan Vaňura

* 1932

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Sokol, Art and censorship

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin

PROFIL_DOBOVA_1972.jpg (historic)

Jiří Vanýsek

* 1944

A cultural celebrity, Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 1 more anniversaries

Emöke Vargová

* 1965

Emigrant, Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, Art and censorship

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Josef Varmuža Jr. at First Holy Communion, around the year 1973

Josef Varmuža

* 1963

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

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

Václav Vašák in 1982. Photograph by Petr Sirotek

Václav Vašák

* 1949

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

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

Portrait

Magdaléna Vášáryová

* 1948

Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Tomislav Vašíček

* 1941

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 4. 1968 – Formation of KAN (Club of Active Non-partisans)

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