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Růžena Valčíková, around thirty years old

Růžena Valčíková

* 1933

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner and 3 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia and 5 more anniversaries

Michal Válek, 1980s

Michal Válek

* 1960

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Current photo of Leoš Válka taken during the filming in a Prague studio on December 4, 2020

Leoš Válka

* 1953

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Armando Valladares - a portait photo

Armando Valladares

* 1937

Cuba, Dissident, Emigrant, Cuban Dissident, Cuban Exile and 3 more categories

Cuba after 1959

Vankova orez.jpg (historic)

Eva Vaňková

* 1930

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner, Radio Free Europe

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial, 22. 8. 1963 – Start of court restitutions

Robert Vano v mládí

Robert Vano

* 1948

Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, National minorities, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Artists and 3 more categories

1951 - creation of the restricted border area along the Czechoslovakian border with Western Germany and Austria

Emöke Vargová

* 1965

Emigrant, Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, Art and censorship

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Čestmír Vaško

Čestmír Vaško

* 1935

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Vladimír Veit at the singing festival in Wrocław, 1989

Vladimír Veit

* 1948

Dissident, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Radio Free Europe, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 3 more categories

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

Miroslav Velinský in 2023

Miroslav Velinský

* 1947

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Emigrant, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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