Witness of local events from the Communist era | Memory of Nations

Josef Vojtěch

Josef Vojtěch

* 1934

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

Miloš Vojtěchovský in 1994

Miloš Vojtěchovský

* 1955

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, Artists

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Antonín Vojtek 19 years old

Antonín Vojtek

* 1934

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Radio Free Europe, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

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

PN_Iva_Vojtkova_portret_dobovy.jpg (historic)

Mgr. Iva Vojtková

* 1957

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, The underground, Relative of a political prisoner, Relatives of important personalities and 3 more categories

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Jaroslav Vokatý with son Vladimír (left) and daughter Hana in 1941

Ing. Vladimír Vokatý

* 1936

Witness of local events from the Communist era, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Václav Vokolek in the 1980s

Václav Vokolek

* 1947

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Relatives of important personalities

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Vít Vokolek as a child

Vít Vokolek

* 1936

Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist, A cultural celebrity

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jan Volavka in 2019

Jan Volavka

* 1934

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

Petr Voldán / second half of the 1970s

Petr Voldán

* 1953

Journalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era

Perestroika, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1990 - 1991 - Odsun sovětských vojsk z Československa

Karel Voldřich 2013

Ing. Karel Voldřich

* 1937

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

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, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 1 more anniversaries

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