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Jana Wienerová, the 1970s

Mgr. Jana Wienerová

* 1953

Non-Catholic clerical, Journalist, Relative of a political prisoner, Artists

17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Photo model for portrait by painter Lutobor Hlavsa, 1963

Zuzana Wienerová

* 1944

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 2022 - full scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine

Tadeusz Wilk, military service in the navy, 1966 - 1969

Tadeusz Wilk

* 1946

Poland, Relative of a political prisoner, People's Army of Poland soldier, Witness of local events from the Communist era

Vznik nezávislého odborové hnutí Solidarita

Winter_Vladimir1946.jpg (historic)

Vladimír Winter

* 1925 †︎ 2021

Relative of a political prisoner, Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Red Army soldier

22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Schoolgirl Helena Wiplerová plays the accordion, circa 1960

Helena Wiplerová

* 1946

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

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 2 more anniversaries

Svetlana Wittmannová, c. 1983

Světlana Wittmannová

* 1961

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jiří Wonka with his brother's dog 1977

Jiří Wonka

* 1950

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Charter 77 signatory, National minorities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Wedding photo, 1954

Zdena Zábrodská, roz. Krejčová

* 1936

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

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 2 more anniversaries

Jan Zach in his childhood

Jan Zach

* 1946

Relative of a political prisoner

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

J. Zachara during mandatory military service, 1951

Ján Zachara

* 1928 †︎ 2025

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

29. 7. - 14. 8. 1948 Summer Olympics in London

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