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Ivan Vavřík at the turn of the 70s and 80s as a mánička

Ing., Arch. Ivan Vavřík

* 1958

Journalist, Art and censorship, The underground, A cultural celebrity

UGСС in the Underground 1946-1989, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Martin Věchet during filming

Martin Věchet

* 1964

Dissident, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , The underground, A cultural celebrity

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

Ludevít Végh, 2003

Ludevít Végh

* 1921 †︎ 2016

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Political prisoner in WW2, A cultural celebrity, National minorities and 6 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia)

Vejr František

František Vejr

* 1939

A cultural celebrity, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Vlastimil Venclík - 1990s

Vlastimil Venclík

* 1942

Writer, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral

Aleš Veselý, current portrait

Professor Aleš Veselý

* 1935 †︎ 2015

A cultural celebrity, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Art and censorship, Artists

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Olga Vetešníková in One Act Plays by A. P. Chekhov, 1956–57

Olga Vetešníková

* 1933

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

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Otakar Veverka in 2022

Otakar Veverka

* 1956

Dissident, Journalist, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Anti-communist rebel, Charter 77 signatory and 3 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, Palach Week and 2 more anniversaries

Present photo after interwiev

Mgr. Jaroslav Vidlař

* 1935

A cultural celebrity, Art and censorship

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

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