Stories of the 20th Century TV

Post Bellum / Hlavní město Praha / Česká televize

The recordings were taken on two movie cameras in a mobile TV studio, using the Eye Direct technology.

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Václav Vokolek in the 1980s

Václav Vokolek

* 1947

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

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

Pavel Voldřich in 2019

Pavel Voldřich

* 1960

Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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

Bronislava Volková, 1989

PhDr. Bronislava Volková

* 1946

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era, University professor, Emigrant

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Antonie Nádvorníková with František (left) a Josef Vomáčka

František Vomáčka

* 1934

Member of Orel, Underage political prisoners, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Relative of a political prisoner, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school and 2 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 11. 12. 1949 – The “Čihošť Miracle”, 8. - 11. 10. 1950 - Trial against F.A.Stříteský, head of the piarist dormitory in Litomyšl, July 7, 1961 - fire in the mine Dukla

Contemporary portrait Alexndra Vondra

RNDr. Alexandr Vondra

* 1961

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, The underground, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Bachelor Jiří Vondráček

* 1956

Politician, Boy Scouts

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

Alena Vondrášková, 1962

Alena Vondrášková

* 1957

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Milan Dino Vopálka during the recording

Milan Dino Vopálka

* 1955

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Art and censorship, The underground

17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, Dispersal of Plastic People and DG 307 concert in Rudolfov

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