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Pamětník při základní vojenské službě

Jiří Veselý

* 1938

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Non-Catholic clerical, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jaroslav Vetter (1954)

Jaroslav Vetter

* 1935

Representative of the Church, Non-Catholic clerical

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

High school graduation photo, 1958

Ladislav Vilímek

* 1940

Historian, A cultural celebrity, Representative of the Church, Holocaust, People helping Jews during WWII and 6 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis, 9. - 10. 11. 1938 Crystal Night and 8 more anniversaries

Jordán Jaromír Vinklárek

ThLic. Jordán Jaromír Vinklárek

* 1925 †︎ 2020

Representative of the Church, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Friars

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Alan Vitouš in 2022

Alan Vitouš

* 1946

Member of an Illegal Church, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Svědci Jehovovi, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

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

Josef Vlček - 1924, Kaňovice

Josef Vlček

* 1920 †︎ 2015

Dissident, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities

Student of theological faculty, on the trip with youth friends, Nejdek 1966

PhDr. Miloslav Vlk

* 1932 †︎ 2017

Representative of the Church

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Antonie Nádvorníková with František (left) a Josef Vomáčka

František Vomáčka

* 1934

Member of Orel, Underage political prisoners, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Relative of a political prisoner, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school and 2 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 11. 12. 1949 – The “Čihošť Miracle”, 8. - 11. 10. 1950 - Trial against F.A.Stříteský, head of the piarist dormitory in Litomyšl, July 7, 1961 - fire in the mine Dukla

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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