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Vlasta Vopičková in 1961

Vlasta Vopičková

* 1944

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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

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

Výboch Petr

Petr Výboch

* 1947

Czech minority in the former Yugoslavia, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Miloslav Vyhnal, Zruč nad Sázavou, 2024

Miloslav Vyhnal

* 1942

Boy Scouts, Life along the Iron Curtain, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Zuzana Vytlačilová at the grammar school in 1974

Zuzana Vytlačilová

* 1955

Forced labour during the WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Life along the Iron Curtain

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 2 more anniversaries

Hermann Wallisch in 2023

Hermann Wallisch

* 1941

Germany, Border Guards, Life along the Iron Curtain

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 3.10.1990 - Reunification of Germany

Klaus Wedemann

Klaus Wedemann

* 1944

Life along the Iron Curtain

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Josef Weinfurt, Basic military service, Janovice 1971

Josef Weinfurt

* 1950

Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain, Border Guards

Elfriede Weismann in Kaplice, 1930s

Elfriede Weismann

* 1935

Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

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