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Anna Urbášková, 1940

Anna Urbášková

* 1932

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

As a school kid

Egon Urmann

* 1945

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

In youth

Róbert Uškovitš

* 1928 †︎ 2023

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

The first self-made dumbbell. Beginning of weightlifting in 1957

Josef Utíkal

* 1941 †︎ 2026

The Sportsmen, 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

Robert Utikal in 2022

Robert Utikal

* 1969

National minorities, Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Contemporary photograph from The Beggar's Opera staged by the Lužany theatre group, 1988.

Oldřich Váca

* 1952 †︎ 2021

Politician, Sudeten Germans, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Eduard, Teplice, 1st half of the 1980s

Eduard Vacek

* 1947

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Dissident, A cultural celebrity, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 5 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral

Petr Vacek; 1965

Petr Vacek

* 1965

Witness of local events from the Communist era

26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Václav Vacek in 1950s

Mgr. Václav Vacek

* 1946

Representative of the Church, Dissident, Relative of a political prisoner, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Catholic clerical and 1 more categories

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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 4 more anniversaries

František Vácha

František Vácha

* 1942

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

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