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Rostislav Vaněk at Tate Britain in London

Professor Doc. academic painter Rostislav Vaněk

* 1945

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Art and censorship, University professor, Artists and 1 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 9. 5. 1962 – An extensive amnesty, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 4 more anniversaries

Václav Vaněk, 40s

Václav Vaněk

* 1926 †︎ 2025

Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 4 more anniversaries

Pavel Vaneš in 2021

Pavel Vaneš

* 1963

Relative of a political prisoner

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jaroslav Vaníček, 1958

Jaroslav Vaníček

* 1938 †︎ 2022

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Farmer

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jiří Vaníček in 2011

Doc. RNDr. Jiří Vaníček , CSc.

* 1944

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Politician, Relative of a political prisoner, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 9. 5. 1962 – An extensive amnesty and 6 more anniversaries

Dana Vaňková in her youth

Dana Vaňková

* 1964

Dissident, Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

Vankova orez.jpg (historic)

Eva Vaňková

* 1930

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner, Radio Free Europe

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial, 22. 8. 1963 – Start of court restitutions

First Holy Communion, 1950

Marie Vařáková

* 1942

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

A period photograph of Oldřich Vašák

Oldřich Vašák

* 1926

Forced labour during the WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Petr Vašina

* 1953

Relative of a political prisoner, 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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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