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Marie Vladyková, 1963

Marie Vladyková

* 1948

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, 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, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

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

František Vlček filming with Memory of Nation, Olomouc, 2025

František Vlček

* 1943

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

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

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