Witness of local events from the Communist era

Karel Witz playing the guitar as a Modus group member, around 1978

Ing. Karel Witz

* 1947

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

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Květoslava Bartonova, 1946

Květoslava Wodziková

* 1933

Déclassé, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Jiří Wohanka during his compulsory military service

Jiří Wohanka

* 1946

Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Beata Iwona Wojnarowska

* 1963

Poland, National minorities, Witness of local events from the Communist era

Výjimečný stav v Polsku, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, 25.3.1988 Candle demonstration in Bratislava, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Ivana Wojtylová reciting, cultural part time job (1978)

Ivana Wojtylová

* 1962

Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

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

At the military service

Alfred Wolf

* 1946

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Portrait from the mid 1950s, Brno

Josef Wolf

* 1939

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Marie Wollnerová, 2016

Marie Wollnerová

* 1936

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

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Jiří Wonka with his brother's dog 1977

Jiří Wonka

* 1950

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Charter 77 signatory, National minorities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Henryk Wrona during the interview in May 2021

Colonel Henryk Wrona

* 1945

Poland, People's Army of Poland soldier, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, Výjimečný stav v Polsku

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