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Tadeusz Wantuła

Mgr. Tadeusz Wantuła

* 1950 †︎ 2024

National minorities, Relative of a political prisoner, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Politician

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

Czesława Wałkiewicz

Czesława Wałkiewicz

* 1934

Poland, Border Guards, Poles living in Kresy (Poland´s Eastern Borderlands)

1945 - 1946 Resettlement of Poles in the "Regained lands"

Ernst Weber with a glass mould in January 2019

Ernst Weber

* 1930

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, GDR - outgoing passengers, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

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

1944

Ing. Petr Weber

* 1942

National minorities, Holocaust, People helping Jews during WWII, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Weinlich Karel

Karel František Weinlich

* 1930 †︎ 2020

Forced labour during the WW2, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

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

Julie Weiserová (Švajková) in her youth

Julie Weiserová

* 1940

National minorities, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945

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

Elfriede Weismann in Kaplice, 1930s

Elfriede Weismann

* 1935

Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Mr. Weiss in a historical photograph while working as a metal engraver

Siegfried Weiss

* 1933 †︎ 2022

Germany, Sudeten Germans

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Alica Weisfeiler - photo from recording.

Alica Weiszfeiler

* 1933

Emigrant, Holocaust, National minorities, Israel/Palestine, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp

Elvíra Weiszová

Elvíra Weiszová

* 1915 †︎ 2021

Holocaust, National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

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