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

Witness Beata Zázrivcová during recording her life story

Beata Westrych Zázrivcová

* 1960

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

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Jiří Wicherek, 1980

MUDr. Jiří Wicherek

* 1954

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

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 6.-13. 12. 1980 Operation Krkonoše, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Egon Wiener in 1978

Egon Wiener

* 1947

Communist official, National minorities, Israel/Palestine, Relative of a political prisoner, Writer and 6 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Stanislav Wieser in Turnov during his move to Karlovy Vary, picture from 1965

Stanislav Wieser

* 1940

People helping Jews during WWII, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Boy Scouts

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 1 more anniversaries

Anežka Wilczeková. Frýdek-Místek, June 2021

Anežka Wilczeková

* 1924 †︎ 2022

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

September 1939- occupation of the entire Upper Silesia by Germany, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns

Alžběta Wildová in the Giant Mountains in the late 1950s

Alžběta Wildová

* 1936

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Miloš Winkler in a photo from his graduation board, 1969

RNDr. Miloš Winkler

* 1950

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

František Winter

František Winter

* 1935

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, 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, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Marcel Winter in 1959

Marcel Winter

* 1948 †︎ 2025

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, 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, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Alena Winter - 35 years old

prof. JUDr. Alena Winterová CSc.

* 1938

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, University professor, A cultural celebrity

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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