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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

Jan Volavka in 2019

Jan Volavka

* 1934

Emigrant, Holocaust, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

corporal Karel Volena - In Czechoslovak army 1947

Captain (ret.) Karel Volena

* 1923 †︎ 2013

Veteran of WW2, western front, Emigrant

1940 - The Battle of France, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

Bronislava Volková, 1989

PhDr. Bronislava Volková

* 1946

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

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

Václav Vondrák 1

Major (ret.) Václav Vondrák

* 1912 †︎ 2009

Veteran of WW2, western front, French Foreign Legion, Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1940 - The Battle of France, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

High school graduation photo book / 1981

Eva Vorlíčková

* 1962

Dissident, Emigrant, Politician, Anti-communist rebel, Charter 77 signatory and 3 more categories

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

Vošahlík Miroslav

Miroslav Vošahlík

* 1943

Emigrant, Boy Scouts, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 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 and 3 more anniversaries

Vlasta Voskovcová - photo from her youth

Vlasta Voskovcová

* 1950

Literature in exile, Emigrant, Supporter of Czechoslovak dissent from a western country

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

Pavel Vranský - period photo

Major Pavel Vranský

* 1921 †︎ 2018

Veteran of WW2, western front, Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Emigrant, Holocaust, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee and 1 more categories

21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign

Jitka Vrátníková in Canada in 1981

Jitka Vrátníková

* 1948

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

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