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Sr. Nonnata Mária Vrbová at young age

Mária Nonnata Vrbová

* 1930

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

July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns

Jan Vývoda during his final exam period at secondary school in 1946

Jan Vývoda

* 1924 †︎ 2025

Catholic clerical, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions)

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks

In the first class (5th grade) of the Jesuit school, 1947/45. Václav Wagner third from the left, middle row.

Václav Wagner

* 1936

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 22. 8. 1968 – Extraordinary congress (the “Vysočany Congress”) of KSČ

Vladimír Wais in the 1950s

Vladimír Wais

* 1933 †︎ 2022

Member of an Illegal Church, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Svědci Jehovovi, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Angelus Waldstein, 2021

Karel Albrecht (Angelus) Waldstein-Wartenberg

* 1931 †︎ 2023

Germany, Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Victim of forced relocation, Nobility

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Zdeněk Weitosch first year at university, 1951

Ing. Zdeněk Weitosch

* 1933

Déclassé, Friars, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Farmer

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Jana Wienerová, the 1970s

Mgr. Jana Wienerová

* 1953

Non-Catholic clerical, Journalist, Relative of a political prisoner, Artists

17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Anežka Wilczeková. Frýdek-Místek, June 2021

Anežka Wilczeková

* 1924 †︎ 2022

Friars, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

September 1939- occupation of the entire Upper Silesia by Germany, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns

Mgr. Jan Wirth

* 1961

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Farmer

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ladislav Záborský

Ladislav Záborský

* 1921

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), A cultural celebrity, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

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