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 Vašák in 1982. Photograph by Petr Sirotek

Václav Vašák

* 1949

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

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

Michal Vasilko, 1944

Michal Vasilko

* 1924 †︎ 2013

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, The Partisan, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války

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

Vlasta Vasková, 2016

Vlasta Vasková

* 1954

Boy Scouts

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák

Ivan Vavřík at the turn of the 70s and 80s as a mánička

Ing., Arch. Ivan Vavřík

* 1958

Journalist, Art and censorship, The underground, A cultural celebrity

UGСС in the Underground 1946-1989, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Eva Vavroušková, 2019

Ing. Eva Vavroušková

* 1940

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation and 5 more anniversaries

Kateřina Vávrová in 1989

PhDr. Kateřina Vávrová

* 1960

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Věra Včeláková, 1959

Věra Včeláková

* 1938

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

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Martin Věchet during filming

Martin Věchet

* 1964

Dissident, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , The underground, A cultural celebrity

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

Ondrej Vechter during recording in 2022

Ondrej Vechter

* 1965

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

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, Hijacking of CSA flight OK096 to Germany (8.6.1970)

Jaroslav Veis, 1970s

Jaroslav Veis

* 1946

Journalist, Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

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