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In the first class (5th grade) of the Jesuit school, 1947/45. Václav Wagner third from the left, middle row.

Václav Wagner

* 1936

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 22. 8. 1968 – Extraordinary congress (the “Vysočany Congress”) of KSČ

Eliška Wagnerová in her youth

JUDr. Eliška Wagnerová Ph.D.

* 1948 †︎ 2025

Lawyer, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Politician, Radio Free Europe, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

1982 Wanek

Miroslav Wanek

* 1962

Dissident, Anti-communist rebel, Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 26.8. 1980 Solidarity strike in Wroclaw

Youth

Eva Warausová

* 1932

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Jarmila Weinbergerová dance class for 1938

MUDr. Jarmila Weinbergerová

* 1923 †︎ 2020

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Sanitary worker during the World War 2

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden and 1 more anniversaries

dobový portrét.jpg (historic)

Ing. Pavel Werner

* 1932 †︎ 2017

A secret police collaborator, Holocaust, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Prisoner of the Mauthausen concentration camp

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

Vlasta Wernerová, née Vyleťalová

Vlasta Wernerová

* 1943

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, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial

Miroslav Alan Westcott

Ing. Alan Miroslav Westcott Doležal

* 1943

United Kingdom, Emigrant, Parašutisté vycvičení během druhé světové války ve Velké Británii, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Magdalena Westman in 1977

Magdalena Westman

* 1958

Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

A contemporary picture - after his release from prison

František Wiendl

* 1923

Illegal border crossing, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Anti-communist rebel, Participant in antifascist resistance and 3 more categories

10. 6. 1942 – Destruction of Lidice, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia and 7 more anniversaries

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