Stories of the 20th Century TV

Post Bellum / Hlavní město Praha / Česká televize

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As a young man

Josef Vlček

* 1951

A secret police agent, Journalist, A secret police collaborator, Art and censorship

17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Vlk Radomír - dobovy portret.JPG (historic)

Radomír Vlk

* 1925 †︎ 2025

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Jiří Vodenka in 1966

Jiří Vodenka

* 1922 †︎ 2020

Boy Scouts

27. 6. - 2. 7. 1931 1st Slavic Jamboree (Camps of Slavic Scouts), 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

Jarmila Vodňanská in 2021

Jarmila Vodňanská

* 1936

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Anna Vodrážková, 1943

MUDr. Anna Vodrážková

* 1930

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

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

Iva Vodrážková

Iva Vodrážková

* 1951

Dissident, Relatives of important personalities, The underground, Artists

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Rudolf Vojtěch in 1976

Rudolf Vojtěch

* 1952

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner, Dissident, The underground

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

Miloš Vojtěchovský in 1994

Miloš Vojtěchovský

* 1955

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, Artists

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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

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