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Ivan Vasko

Lieutenant Colonel (ret.) Ivan Vasko

* 1928 †︎ 2013

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Red Army soldier, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Slovak-Polish relations in years 1918 - 1945

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1945 – Withdrawal from the Carpatho-Russia in favour of the USSR, The liberation of the city of Ostrava

Vasyl Vasilyuk, 1 August 2013

Vasyl Vasyljuk

* 1962

Civic activism in Ukraine, National minorities, University professor

10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, Dissolution of the Soviet Union

Antonio Vatta, Torino, 2021

Antonio Vatta

* 1935

Italy, National minorities, Victim of forced relocation

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Ladislav Vavřík in summer of 1975

Ladislav Vavřík

* 1958

Sudeten Germans, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Anna Hirnichová (Vávrová)

Anna Vávrová

* 1929

National minorities, Memory of vanished settlements, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Marie Vávrová in 2023

Marie Vávrová

* 1939

Sudeten Germans, Farmer, Witness of local events from the Communist era

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Warrant Officer Josef Vazač

* 1920

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Irena Veberová

* 1946

National minorities, Forced labour during the WW2, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Josef Vedral

Second Lieutenant (ret.) Josef Vedral

* 1915 †︎ unknown

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Ludevít Végh, 2003

Ludevít Végh

* 1921 †︎ 2016

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Political prisoner in WW2, A cultural celebrity, National minorities and 6 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia)

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