Between the Two Wars 1918–1939 | Memory of Nations

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Ing. Josef Vacke

* 1929 †︎ 2013

Volhynian Czechs, Czech minority in the former USSR, Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939

10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 1932 - 1933 - Holodomor - Great famine in Ukraine, Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939 and 3 more anniversaries

Václavek Jaroslav

Jaroslav Václavek

* 1928

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Hidden people, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Eva Václavková / 1962

Eva Václavková

* 1935 †︎ 2023

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR and 1 more anniversaries

Vítězslav Vaculík - 1949

Doc. PhDr., CSc. Vítězslav Vaculík

* 1930

A cultural celebrity, Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Dana (Danielle) Vago

* 1945

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Illegal border crossing

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 2 more anniversaries

Juraj's graduation photograph from 1950.

Juraj (George) Vago

* 1929 †︎ 2021

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Hidden people

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Pavel Vais

Pavel Vais

* 1921 †︎ 2014

Veteran of WW2, western front, Emigrant, Holocaust, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

Ludvík Vala in 2019

Ludvík Vala

* 1935

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Irena Valášková (Boxanová)

Irena Valášková

* 1923

Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Victim of forced relocation, Sokol, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Jana Valášková (en)

Jana Valášková

* 1933

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

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, july 1938 - X. sokol slet's, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 4 more anniversaries

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