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Anna Urbášková, 1940

Anna Urbášková

* 1932

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Václav Vacek in 1950s

Mgr. Václav Vacek

* 1946

Representative of the Church, Dissident, Relative of a political prisoner, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Catholic clerical and 1 more categories

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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 4 more anniversaries

Dagmar before leaving for Switzerland, 1946

Ing. Dagmar Váchová

* 1938

People helping Jews during WWII, Relative of a political prisoner, Participant in antifascist resistance, Boy Scouts, Sokol and 2 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jana Vacíková 1959

Jana Vacíková

* 1933 †︎ 2022

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jako skolacka.JPG (historic)

Klára Vacková

* 1937

National minorities, Relative of a political prisoner, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus

František Václavík in the forge

František Václavík

* 1943 †︎ 2022

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Eva Václavíková

Eva Václavíková

* 1933

Holocaust, Relative of a political prisoner, Hidden people

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

František Vajrauch with his father, circa 1954

František Vajrauch

* 1945

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

Růžena Valčíková, around thirty years old

Růžena Valčíková

* 1933

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner and 3 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia and 5 more anniversaries

Edvarda Valentová

* 1937 †︎ 2017

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Soutěž Příběhy 20. století

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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