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Ludmila Vlachová v roce 1983

Ludmila Vlachová

* 1937 †︎ 2025

Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Věnceslava Vlčková, née Špirková, in her youth

Věnceslava Vlčková

* 1943

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

František Vlk in 1962

František Vlk

* 1946

Historian, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Sokol

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Vilém Vlk-Mowghli as a pre-war cub Scout

Vilém Vlk

* 1927

Journalist, Boy Scouts, Sokol

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák

Alois Vocásek in 2002

Alois Vocásek

* 1896 †︎ 2003

Prisoner of War/ P.O.W, Sokol

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1. - 2. 7. 1917 - the battle at Zborova

Miloš Volf

Miloš Volf

* 1924 †︎ 2012

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

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of 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

Ludmila Voráčková – sergeant, 1953

Ludmila Voráčková

* 1931

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, The Army of the Protectorate Bohemia-Moravia and 3 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. 5. 1945 - vypálení Javoříčka , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 2 more anniversaries

Milada Vorlíčková, 2023

Milada Dagmar Vorlíčková

* 1930

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 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

Věra Vozáková during recording (2023)

Věra Vozáková

* 1935

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. 1945 - Zákřovský masakr , 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

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