Stories of the 20th century

Post Bellum SK

Documentation project of Post Bellum SK that was funded by the Europe for Citizens Programme.

Ladislav Ürge

* 1939

Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945

In youth

Róbert Uškovitš

* 1928 †︎ 2023

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Edita Vacek

* 1935

People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Ľubomír Vacek

Ľubomír Vacek

* 1932

Participant in antifascist resistance, Political prisoner in WW2, National minorities, Holocaust, The Partisan and 3 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

Václavek Jaroslav

Jaroslav Václavek

* 1928

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Hidden people, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Picture of a young soldier

František Vaczula

* 1929 †︎ 2025

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Victim of forced relocation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions)

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Dana (Danielle) Vago

* 1945

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Illegal border crossing

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 2 more anniversaries

Juraj's graduation photograph from 1950.

Juraj (George) Vago

* 1929 †︎ 2021

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Hidden people

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Eli Vago - portrait

Pavel Eli Vago

* 1930 †︎ 2024

National minorities, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, Hidden people, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

Ľubomír Vajdička

* 1944

Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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