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Jiřina Ulrichová - Vrkoslavová in 1955

Jiřina Vrkoslavová

* 1938

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Alois Vychodil during military service, 1950s

Alois Vychodil

* 1932

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Václav Vycpálek in the 1950s

Václav Vycpálek

* 1927 †︎ 2023

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

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, july 1938 - X. sokol slet's, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 3 more anniversaries

Vynal Svatava s matkou

Svatava Vynal

* 1930 †︎ unknown

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

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Richard Vyškovský, 2016.

Richard Vyškovský

* 1929 †︎ 2019

Illegal border crossing, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Sokol, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school and 5 more categories

9. 5. 1962 – An extensive amnesty, 1991 - 1995 - Croatian War of Independence, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 9 more anniversaries

A contemporary picture - after his release from prison

František Wiendl

* 1923

Illegal border crossing, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Anti-communist rebel, Participant in antifascist resistance and 3 more categories

10. 6. 1942 – Destruction of Lidice, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia and 7 more anniversaries

Photo of Zdenka Wittmayerová, née Bidařová, 1948

Mgr. Zdenka Wittmayerová

* 1931

Boy Scouts, Sokol, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 1947 - Jamboree in France, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

Jiří Wolf graduation at Jan Evangelista Purkyně University, Brno, 1976

MUDr. Jiří Wolf

* 1952

Boy Scouts, Sokol

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

As a young gymnast

Norma Zabka

* 1928

United States of America, Czech community in the US, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 29. 7. - 14. 8. 1948 Summer Olympics in London

Stanislava Žabková. 1950's

Stanislava Žabková

* 1932

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 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

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