Life along the Iron Curtain | Memory of Nations

Contemporary photograph from The Beggar's Opera staged by the Lužany theatre group, 1988.

Oldřich Váca

* 1952 †︎ 2021

Politician, Sudeten Germans, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jiří Valášek, 1953

Jiří Valášek

* 1931

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Life along the Iron Curtain, The topic of security forces before 1989

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, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster

Růžena Válková in 1951

Růžena Válková

* 1932 †︎ 2023

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Life along the Iron Curtain

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Miroslav Vaňáček at the beginning of his career as a fighter pilot

pplk. Miroslav Vaňáček

* 1931 †︎ 2022

Forced labour during the WW2, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

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

Graduation photo

Alice Vaňkátová

* 1940

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Johann Vater in 2020

Johann Vater

* 1930

Memory of vanished settlements, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Farmer, Life along the Iron Curtain, Austria

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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

Kamila Večeřová in her graduation photo, 1994

Mgr. Kamila Večeřová

* 1976

Border Guards, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

1949 - Aloisie in traditional costume, original photo

Aloisie Víchová

* 1931

Communist official, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Life along the Iron Curtain

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich and 2 more anniversaries

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