Sokol | Memory of Nations

Bohuslav Veverka

* 1936 †︎ 2023

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Sokol, Farmer

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Jarmila Veverová Králová, Kraslice circa 1970

MUDr. Jarmila Veverová-Králová

* 1930

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Forced labour during the WW2, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts and 3 more categories

1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

1949 - Aloisie in traditional costume, original photo

Aloisie Víchová

* 1931

Communist official, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Life along the Iron Curtain

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 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, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich and 2 more anniversaries

Hana Vidímová in 2019

Hana Vidímová

* 1928 †︎ 2024

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

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Jiří Vik in the early 1950s

Jiří Vik

* 1931 †︎ 2023

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Josef Vinklát

Josef Vinklát

* 1934 †︎ 2019

Boy Scouts, Sokol

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 5. 4. 1968 – Formation of KAN (Club of Active Non-partisans)

Jana Vítková

Jana Vítková

* 1939

Political prisoner in WW2, Participant in antifascist resistance, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2 and 1 more categories

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

Věra Vítková, 1940s

Věra Vítková

* 1930 †︎ 2024

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Boy Scouts, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 2 more anniversaries

Portrait

Eva Vítová

* 1930 †︎ 2021

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Sokol

18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering and 3 more anniversaries

Josef Vlach, 1939

Dr. Ing., CSc Josef Vlach

* 1919

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Political prisoner in WW2, Sokol

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

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