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During military service, circa 1960

Ing. Miloslav Vítek

* 1939

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The topic of security forces before 1989

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Miroslav Vítek in 2018

Miroslav Vítek

* 1943

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Radomir Vitek

Radomír Vítek

* 1961

Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 25.3.1988 Candle demonstration in Bratislava, Palach Week

Jiřina Vítková, ca. 1948

MUDr. Jiřina Vítková

* 1933

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Blanka Kroneislová (Vítková)

Blanka Vítková

* 1961

Dissident, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster

Věra Vítková, 1940s

Věra Vítková

* 1930 †︎ 2024

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Boy Scouts, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 2 more anniversaries

Markéta Vítková born Černá

Mgr. Markéta Vítková, roz. Černá

* 1942

Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Ladislav Vitoul in the UN mission in Iraq

Colonel (Ret.), Ing. Ladislav Vitoul

* 1945

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Victim of forced relocation, Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, War veteran after 1989

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 6.-13. 12. 1980 Operation Krkonoše, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Alan Vitouš in 2022

Alan Vitouš

* 1946

Member of an Illegal Church, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Svědci Jehovovi, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Věra Vítová with her daughter at the newborn welcome ceremony, 1974

Věra Vítová

* 1947

Politician, A cultural celebrity, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945

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

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