Forced labour during the WW2 | Memory of Nations

Young Josef Veltruský

Josef Veltruský

* 1926

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Františka Veselá

Františka Veselá

* 1927

Forced labour during the WW2, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jarmila Veverová Králová, Kraslice circa 1970

MUDr. Jarmila Veverová-Králová

* 1930

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Forced labour during the WW2, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts and 3 more categories

1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

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

Ladislav Vítek

Ladislav Vítek

* 1924 †︎ 2015

Political prisoner in WW2, Forced labour during the WW2, The Partisan, Hidden people, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Miroslav Vojnar

Colonel (ret.) Miroslav Vojnar

* 1921 †︎ 2013

Forced labour during the WW2, Royal Air Force, Boy Scouts

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Mikuláš Vondráček

Colonel (ret.) Mikuláš Vondráček

* 1923 †︎ 2022

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Forced labour during the WW2 and 3 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 4 more anniversaries

Ludmila Voráčková – sergeant, 1953

Ludmila Voráčková

* 1931

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, The Army of the Protectorate Bohemia-Moravia and 3 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. 5. 1945 - vypálení Javoříčka , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 2 more anniversaries

Witness in dancing course in Pilsen in 1939. After the photo, it was drawn by her friend Hank in Forced labor deployment

Irena Votrubcová

* 1923 †︎ 2024

Illegal border crossing, Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Hidden people

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Karel Vrána in 1986

Karel Vrána

* 1942

Forced labour during the WW2, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 3 more anniversaries

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