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Avraham Veselý

Avraham Veselý

* 1948

Emigrant, Israel/Palestine, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1962 – An extensive amnesty

Juan Antonio Villar Garrote, 2021

Juan Antonio Villar Garrote

* 1943

Cuba, Emigrant, Cuban Dissident

Portrait

Eva Vítová

* 1930 †︎ 2021

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Sokol

18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering and 3 more anniversaries

Joe Vítovec in the United States Air Force

Joe (Josef) Vítovec

* 1930

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Czech community in the US, Writer

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 2 more anniversaries

Pavla Vitvarová, 2022

Pavla Vitvarová

* 1947

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Illegal border crossing, The Sportsmen and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Jaroslav Vízner as a soldier

Jaroslav Vízner

* 1937 †︎ 2022

Emigrant, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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Captain Adolf Vodička

* 1913 †︎ 2012

Veteran of WW2, western front, Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, International Brigadiers

1940 - The Battle of France, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 20. 7. 1936 - 1. 9. 1939 - civil war in Spain

Portrait of Petr Vogel, 1968, part of archive file no. 21092 C from the Security Services Archive of the Czech Republic

Prof. PhDr., Dr. H. c. Petr Vogel

* 1937

Descendant of a Holocaust survivor, United States of America, Russia, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee and 7 more categories

Dissolution of the Soviet Union, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 2 more anniversaries

Graduation

Ing. Jiří Vohralík

* 1936

Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, The Sportsmen, Writer

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

Hana Voisine-Jechová

Professor Hana Voisine-Jechová

* 1927 †︎ 2020

Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 3 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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