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Post Bellum / Hlavní město Praha / Česká televize

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Michaela, 1948

RNDr. Michaela Vidláková roz. Lauscherová

* 1936

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Israel/Palestine and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial and 4 more anniversaries

Vlastimil Vincenec, 1972

Vlastimil Vincenec

* 1949

Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

30. 3. 1974 - rozehnání koncertu Plastic People a DG 307 v Rudolfově, Dispersal of Plastic People and DG 307 concert in Rudolfov, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vladimír Vindiš on a photograph from a military book, 1979

Vladimír Vindiš

* 1958

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

Miroslav Vít in road troops during basic military service

Miroslav Vít

* 1945

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Boy Scouts

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Alan Vitouš in 2022

Alan Vitouš

* 1946

Member of an Illegal Church, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Svědci Jehovovi, 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

Jarmila Vítovská in 1947, 17 years old

Jarmila Vítovská

* 1930 †︎ 2024

Sudeten Germans, Germany, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945 and 1 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

From a theatre performance

Oldřich Vlček

* 1939

Art and censorship, Relative of a political prisoner

March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Aharon Eduard Vlček

Aharon Eduard Vlček

* 1939

National minorities, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Hidden people and 2 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1948 Arab–Israeli War and 1 more anniversaries

As a young man

Josef Vlček

* 1951

Journalist, A secret police collaborator, Art and censorship, The topic of security forces before 1989

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

Zuzana Vlčková in 1974

Zuzana Vlčková

* 1959

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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