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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

Vilém Vlk-Mowghli as a pre-war cub Scout

Vilém Vlk

* 1927

Journalist, Boy Scouts, Sokol

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák

Olga Vobrubová, picture taken shortly after the end of World War II

Olga Vobrubová

* 1942

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

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 4 more anniversaries

Jiří Vodenka in 1966

Jiří Vodenka

* 1922 †︎ 2020

Boy Scouts

27. 6. - 2. 7. 1931 1st Slavic Jamboree (Camps of Slavic Scouts), 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

Jana Vojáčková

Jana Vojáčková

* 1931

Boy Scouts

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

Miroslav Vojnar

Colonel (ret.) Miroslav Vojnar

* 1921 †︎ 2013

Forced labour during the WW2, Royal Air Force, Boy Scouts

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Leopold Vojtěchovský

Colonel (ret.) Leopold Vojtěchovský

* 1920 †︎ 2013

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Boy Scouts, Internační tábor Svatobořice u Kyjova

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR and 1 more anniversaries

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Bohuslava Alena Vojtíšková

* 1931

Boy Scouts, Relative of a political prisoner

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

Otakar Volejník in 1947

Otakar Volejník

* 1927

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

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

František Vondráček at the time when he served with the Auxiliary Technical Batallions (1952–1954)

František Vondráček

* 1931 †︎ 2022

Member of Orel, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions) and 5 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 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 and 5 more anniversaries

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