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Gertruda Turnová on a belt conveyor on the state farm in Království u Šluknova, 1963

Gertruda Turnová

* 1928 †︎ 2025

Foreigner living in Czechoslovakia before the year 1989, Refugee, Germany, Illegal border crossing, Memory of vanished settlements and 2 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Bohuš in Austria 1952

Bohuslav Úlehla

* 1927

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria, 1951 - creation of the restricted border area along the Czechoslovakian border with Western Germany and Austria

Dana (Danielle) Vago

* 1945

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Illegal border crossing

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 2 more anniversaries

Jan Vančura in 2023

Jan Vančura

* 1926

Illegal border crossing, Internační tábor Svatobořice u Kyjova, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Dušan Vaněk in 1985

Dušan Vaněk

* 1963

Illegal border crossing, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jari Vassinger

* 1946

Political prisoner, Germany, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia and 3 more categories

9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Josef Vávra (1955)

Josef Vávra

* 1949

Illegal border crossing, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria, 1951 - creation of the restricted border area along the Czechoslovakian border with Western Germany and Austria, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Michaela, 1948

RNDr. Michaela Vidláková roz. Lauscherová

* 1936

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Israel/Palestine and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial and 4 more anniversaries

Anna Vinterová in 1961

Mgr. Anna Vinterová

* 1943

Illegal border crossing, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Border Guards, Industrial settler in border region in 60' and 4 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria, 1951 - creation of the restricted border area along the Czechoslovakian border with Western Germany and Austria, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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

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