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Bohuslav Vlasák - as a young man

Bohuslav Vlasák

* 1936

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witness of local events from the Communist era

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Miroslav Vlasák, 2024

Ing. Miroslav Vlasák

* 1929

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

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR and 1 more anniversaries

Roman Vlasák as a wedding registrar at the municipality (early 1990s)

Roman Vlasák

* 1954

Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Arnošt Vlašimský (first from right), Klínovec transmitter, 1970s

Arnošt Vlašimský

* 1948

Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Stanislav Vlč in the mid-1980s

Stanislav Vlč

* 1960

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vladimír Vlček (en)

Vladimír Vlček

* 1944

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

Karel Vlček, at the military service, 1956

Karel Vlček

* 1933

Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Milan Vlček

Milan Vlček

* 1934

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, The Partisan, Relative of a political prisoner, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 3 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. 5. 1945 - vypálení Javoříčka , 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 2 more anniversaries

Milan Vlček in a passport photo as an employee of the IFF UK, 1980s

Milan Vlček

* 1942

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

Josef Vlk

Josef Vlk

* 1932

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

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