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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

Petr Veselský during the shooting

MUDr. Petr Veselský

* 1955

Environmentalist, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist

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

Vezzetti Hugo

Hugo Vezzetti

* 1944

Argentina, Journalist, Scientist

National Reorganization Process , Falkland war

Jindřich Vítovec in Soběšice, undated

Prof. Ing., DrSc. Jindřich Vítovec

* 1928

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist, University professor

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Mojmír Vlašín in 2024

RNDr. Mojmír Vlašín

* 1954

Environmentalist, Boy Scouts, Life along the Iron Curtain, Scientist

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Portrait of Petr Vogel, 1968, part of archive file no. 21092 C from the Security Services Archive of the Czech Republic

Prof. PhDr., Dr. H. c. Petr Vogel

* 1937

Descendant of a Holocaust survivor, United States of America, Russia, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee and 7 more categories

Dissolution of the Soviet Union, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 2 more anniversaries

Hana Voisine-Jechová

Professor Hana Voisine-Jechová

* 1927 †︎ 2020

Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 3 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Vít Vokolek as a child

Vít Vokolek

* 1936

Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist, A cultural celebrity

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jan Volavka in 2019

Jan Volavka

* 1934

Emigrant, Holocaust, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

Květoslava Volková

Květoslava Volková

* 1944

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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